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State guardians laud Schiavo for fulfilling Terri's wish to die
DORAL -- He's been rebuked by the Vatican, castigated by Congress and slandered on the Internet, but Michael Schiavo was welcomed as a hero Friday by a state organization whose members make end-of-life decisions for people unable to make them for themselves.
The Florida State Guardianship Association bestowed its Guardian of the Year Award on Schiavo for carrying out his wife's wishes not to be kept alive artificially despite a drumbeat of withering criticism.
"Yikes! That took a lot of courage," said Bill Allen, director of the bioethics program at the University of Florida. "It would have been easier for them to whisper, 'Atta boy!' privately and not take such a public stand."
"Oh, my God, that's offensive," said Brother Paul O'Donnell, a Franciscan friar who serves as the Schindler family spokesman. "Michael Schiavo . . . basically let her rot."
State Rep. Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala, called the recognition "ironic."
"There were a lot of issues that raised some questions about his credibility to act in her
best interest," Baxley said.
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