Michael Schiavo
Michael Schiavo
The Terri Schiavo case was a legal struggle over end-of-life care in the United States from 1990 to 2005, involving Theresa Marie "Terri" Schiavo, a woman in an irreversible persistent vegetative state. Schiavo's husband and legal guardian argued that Schiavo would not have wanted prolonged artificial life support without the prospect of recovery, and elected to remove her feeding tube. Schiavo's parents argued in favor of continuing artificial nutrition and hydration and challenged Schiavo's medical diagnosis. The highly publicized and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCelebrity
Date of Birth3 April 1963
CountryUnited States of America
There's no money, there's no insurance, there's about $50,000 left in her estate. I will not receive a penny from this.
I've cried many tears so far. I'm going to do this for her.
And they talk about their bona fide doctors. They have a list of doctors that signed affidavits from looking at a picture of Terry. That's where they get their information from, by looking at a picture.
Just because it's happened to Terri doesn't mean I don't still love her. She was a part of my life. She'll always be a part of my life.
I didn't want the animosity. I'm sure Terri would want the families to get along and be happy. But it didn't happen.
She wouldn't like to live like this and that's all she's doing -- surviving. There's nothing there.
She didn't leave any written instructions. She has verbally expressed her wishes to me and other people.
Make a living will. Talk about it. Death is going to happen to everybody. Write it down. Even if you write it on a piece of paper at home and have your family witness it, you need to write it down.
What kind of government is this? This is a human being. This is not right, and I'm telling everybody you better call your congressman, because they're going to run your life.
The reason why I've been keeping private for the longest time ever here, I've always wanted to protect my wife's privacy. I don't like - I didn't want to put her picture all over the news. I just wanted to keep her private.
For 15 years, people who did not even know me had a lot to say. Now it is my turn to talk.
We're an intensely private family. I'm a very private person.
What they're doing is, they're making the decisions for us. That's what this country is coming down to. They're going to make the decisions for us.
And then they sign an affidavit swearing that she's not in a vegetative stage. I'll tell you. That's a doctor you really want; they can look at a picture and make a diagnosis.