ACLU Disregards Disability Rights Protections, Says NDY
NOV. 1, 2003 -- The American Civil Liberties Union is ignoring the Americans with Disabilities Act's nondiscrimination protections for people with disabilities, said Not Dead Yet in a statement released yesterday. On Wednesday, the ACLU went to court with Michael Schiavo to argue that the law passed by the FL legislature designed to allow his wife, Terri Schindler Schiavo, to remain on a feeding tube is an unconsitutional invasion of privacy. "The ACLU, an organization that claims to enforce the Bill of Rights, has set aside Terri Schiavo's due process rights in favor of a guardian who wants to starve her to death because of her disabilities," said NDY.