- The battle over Terri Schiavo
has come to involve state judges, federal judges,
the Supreme Court, the Congress,
and even the President of the United States.
- I remember them telling us
that she was gonna have a significant brain injury.
No interaction, unable to communicate in any way.
She had no living will.
She had no health care surrogate.
She was there.
She could hear me.
She knew I loved her.
I had a meeting with all the doctors.
And they said, this is Terry.
There's nothing more they can do for her.
The feeling she was keeping her alive.
And Michael was trying to actively end
Terry's life to kill her.
In Florida, you have the legal right to die with dignity.
If she dies, there is going to be hell to pay.
Throughout this whole thing, Terry Schiavo
became the poster child for every cause.
reproductive choice and the right to die.
It's two sides of the same coin.