You turn to us for voices you won't hear anywhere else.

Sign up for Democracy Now!'s Daily Digest to get our latest headlines and stories delivered to your inbox every day.

Terri Schiavo Given Last Rites & Easter Communion

HeadlineMar 28, 2005

Here at home, Terri Schiavo has been given her last rites. On Sunday, a priest also gave her Easter communion — a drop of wine, but no bread. It has been 10 days since doctors removed the feeding tube from the brain-damaged woman. A family lawyer said she was past the “point of no return.” After the Florida Supreme Court rejected an appeal on Saturday, her family announced they had exhausted their legal options.

The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us.

Non-commercial news needs your support

We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work.
Please do your part today.
Make a donation
Top