In this two-part episode, Joni and Friends presents the story of Terri Schiavo. Her family’s long and highly emotional struggle to save their daughter’s life eventually came under the harsh glare of a worldwide media spotlight, the US Congress and the office of the President of the United States. The final outcome left us with difficult questions about critical ethical issues. Here, Joni Eareckson Tada and leaders of the Joni and Friends Christian Institute on Disability respond with a Biblical perspective on these life and death questions that affect us all. 

Joni and Friends Television Series - Season 1 - Episode 19

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You have the right to give instructions about your own health care. You also have the right to name someone else to make health care decisions for you. Read more about the Advance Heath Care Directive. 

Joni and Friends is an advocate for the sanctity of human life. To that end, Joni and Friends has established a key department, The Christian Institute on Disability (CID).

Hear more broadcasts from the Joni and Friends Radio Program.

To find out more about disability ministry or to get involved, visit the Joni and Friends website.

The Christian Institute on Disability at Joni and Friends aggressively promotes life, human dignity and the value of all individuals – despite their disabling condition–from a biblical perspective through the Beyond Suffering course.

The Joni and Friends Television Series is a half-hour television program hosted by Joni Eareckson Tada which highlights a refreshingly honest approach to people’s toughest questions about the goodness of God in a world shattered by pain and suffering.