Terri's Family Banned from Deathbed

Terri Schiavo's family was prevented from being at her bedside when she died this morning shortly after 9 a.m. EST at a Pinellas Park, Fla., hospice, a family spokesman said.

"Unfortunately, just 10 or so minutes before she died we were told we had to leave the room because there would be an assessment of her condition and because her husband, Michael, wanted to be in the room," said Father Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, in quotes first reported by Fox News.

Michael Schiavo flatly rejected the Schindlers' request to be with their daughter in her final moments, Pavone said, adding, "His heartless cruelty continued until the end."

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