WASHINGTON, DC, March 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Family Research Council has obtained an exclusive audio file from Terri Schiavo's hospital room on Friday afternoon, approximately two hours after her feeding tube was removed. Her father is asking her questions and she is audibly responding to him. The audio file can be found at http://www.frc.org .
As Terri begins day three of being denied food and water, Congressional leaders have been working to hammer out a bill that could spare her life. The Senate has advanced a measure that is solely focused on Terri Schiavo. The House was poised to approve the same measure this afternoon until some Democratic members objected. By employing delaying parliamentary tactics as Terri's life ebbs away, these Democratic members are requiring the full House to meet and vote on the measure just after midnight tonight.
Tony Perkins, President of Family Research Council, released the following statement:
"This authentic audio file is disturbing to hear, but it is certainly testimony that Terri Schiavo is NOT in a 'persistent vegetative state'.
"This is no time for partisan politics. Congress has a responsibility to protect the rights of American citizens and among those rights is the right to live. If Congress fails to act in time, Terri's demise will be the legacy of those Democratic members who have chosen to march to the beat of the radical, anti-life drumbeat of the left. A generation ago conscientious members of Congress declared it the nation's business never to let a single American child go to bed hungry at night. It is no less the nation's business to ensure that no handicapped woman is deliberately starved and dehydrated to death.
"Understand, this measure is obviously a matter of life and death for Terri, but it is also critically important for all Americans who are unable to care for themselves.
"I commend the leadership of the House of Representatives and the Senate who have shown extraordinary compassion for Terri Schiavo and her family in the attempt to save her from a judicial execution."
SOURCE Family Research Council
CONTACT: Loralei Coyle, +1-202-445-0002, On Monday after 9:00am, +1-202-393-2100 of Family Research Council
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