Jul 20, 2004 / 22:00 pm
The parents of a brain-damaged woman, at the center of a right-to-die case, said their daughter would not want to die due to her strong Catholic faith.
Yesterday, Bob and Mary Schindler stated that their daughter, Terri Schiavo, would choose to live in her current condition, based on the statement by Pope John Paul II in March that people in vegetative states have the right to nutrition and health care.
Based on the Pope's statement, Pat Anderson, the Schindlers' attorney, filed for a court motion, asking a state judge to remove Terri’s husband, Michael Schiavo, as her legal guardian and end his efforts to end her life, reported The Associated Press.
"As a practicing Catholic ... who was raised in the Church and who received 12 years of religious schooling and instruction, Terri does not want to commit a sin of the gravest proportion by foregoing treatment," said the motion.