From: Hospice Patients Alliance
<patientadvocates@...> To: Hospice Patients
Alliance <hpa@...> Subject: Terri Schiavo case to be
investigated by US Justice Dept Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 18:06:04
+0000

We are forwarding this important report from LifeNews.com re the
Terri
Schiavo case. See article below.

Thanks!


Ron Panzer
for Hospice Patients Alliance
http://www.hospicepatients.org

"What I do you cannot do
but what you do, I cannot do.
The needs are great, and none of us,
including me, ever do great things.
But we can all do small things, with great love,
and together we can do something wonderful." - Mother Teresa

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Justice Department Will Investigate Terri Schiavo Abuse Complaint

by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
September 6, 2005

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The Bush administration will
investigate a discrimination complaint regarding the treatment of
Terri Schiavo filed shortly after the disabled woman was euthanized
in March. The section of the Justice Department that handles
disability rights has instructed the Office for Civil Rights of the
Department of Health and Human Services to investigate.

The investigation will center on whether or not any discrimination
occurred against Terri under the Americans with Disabilities Act of
1990 or the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, according to the Empire
Journal.

Terri became severely disabled following an unknown incident that
occurred in 1990. Her husband Michael claims he found her lying face
down on the floor with her arms crossed.

Though some say Terri's collapse was the result of a potassium
imbalance, members of Terri's family point to medical documents that
make it appear there may have been foul play.

After Michael received final court permission to euthanize his wife,
Terri died on March 31 following a painful two-week long starvation
and dehydration death.

Several days before Terri died, a New York special education teacher
filed an eight-page complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice on
Terri's behalf and cited what he believed were violations of the
Americans with Disabilities Act.

The complaint requested a stay preventing Terri's death while
authorities looked into the allegations.

According to the Empire Journal, the Department of Justice did not
receive the complaint until April 5.

Danielle Miller, a teacher at Central Islip High School in Suffolk
County filed the complaint and also sent it to various Florida
elected officials and authorities with other states.

The Empire Journal reports that it named as defendants the various
members of the local, state and federal courts that denied Terri's
parents the right to stop the euthanasia.

The complaint cites numerous abuse allegations, including improper
medical care and treatment denied by Michael, his prohibition of her
obtaining a divorce, an confusion over whether Terri would have
wanted to be killed because of her incapacitated state.

There is no word on how long it will take the HHS Department to look
into the matter. The Justice Department directed HHS to investigate
and provide a written report back to the federal agency.


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