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House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on Thursday blamed Terri Schiavo's death on what he contended was a failed legal system and he raised the possibility of trying to impeach some of the federal judges in the case. "The time will come for the men responsible for this to answer for their behavior," said DeLay, R-Texas. But a leading Democratic senator said DeLay's comments were "irresponsible and reprehensible." Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., said DeLay should make sure that people know he is not advocating violence against judges. DeLay, the second-ranking House GOP lawmaker, helped lead congressional efforts 10 days ago to...

IN THE MILITARY U.S. Army court-martials captain for mercy killing Medic 'spazzed out' over suspected Iraqi terrorist with mortal head wound -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: March 30, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com As brain-injured Terri Schiavo enters her 13th day of starvation in Florida after nearly a decade-long court dispute over her fate, a U.S. Army captain is being court-martialed in Wiesbaden, Germany, and facing 20 years for the mercy killing of a suspected Iraqi terrorist under battlefield conditions. The tank commander, Capt. Rogelio Maynulet of Chicago, is being tried on a charge of assault with intent to commit murder...

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On February 24th, a few days before a Florida judge issued Terri Schiavo a stay of execution until the 18th of March, I wrote for the first time on a subject I admittedly knew little about in a piece titled Decision on Terry Schiavo Case Too Difficult. As I stated in that piece, I was writing in response to reader mail asking me to take a position on a national debate that I had spent little time researching. Both before and since, I have been inundated with mail from folks on both sides of the debate, most of whom, knew...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- The husband of brain-damaged Terri Schiavo has rejected a one (m) million dollar offer to drop his efforts to remove her feeding tube. Michael Schiavo's attorney George Felos says that other offers already have been made and rejected. Felos called the offer offensive. The woman's parents are trying to keep their 41-year-old daughter alive, but Michael Schiavo contends he once promised his wife he would not keep her alive by artificial means. Terri Schiavo suffered a heart attack and severe brain damage 15 years ago. The Pinellas County woman has lived in what court-appointed doctors call...

A US woman who has spent the past 20 years in a coma-like state has inexplicably awoken and can now speak, news reports said. Sarah Scantlin was 18 years old when, as a pedestrian, she was injured in a hit-and-run accident that left her in a semi-vegetative condition, aware of her surroundings but unable to speak or move. Since that time, she has been in a care centre in the Midwest US state of Kansas. Scantlin's parents unexpectedly received a phone call last week from the nursing home where their now 38-year-old daughter resides. However, instead of the call being...

Clearwater, FL (LifeNews.com) -- The parents of Terri Schiavo, and pro-life organizations that have been closely monitoring the years-long legal battle they have waged to save Terri's life, are deeply disappointed by a local judge's ruling striking down a law that allowed Terri's feeding tube to remain in place. On Thursday, Circuit Court Judge Douglas Baird struck down Terri's Law, the measure approved by the Florida state legislature that authorized Governor Jeb Bush to ask doctors to reinsert the feeding tube that provided Terri with food and water. "These Pinellas County judges have displayed an utterly cavalier attitude and a...

Ever wonder how the people whose real-life tragedies end up as "Law & Order" plot points feel? Last month, Newsday reported that the relatives of a New York City councilman who was slain in City Hall last July had gathered outside NBC headquarters to protest the airing of an "L&O" episode in which a councilman was killed in a similar manner. NBC's reply, of course, was that the series - which has been happily ripping its stories from the headlines for years - is "fiction." Right. Unfortunately, it draws much of its juice from facts. And so I'm waiting to...

Clearwater, FL (LifeNews.com) -- A new poll shows Florida residents split on the issue of Governor Jeb Bush stepping in six months ago to ensure that Terri Schiavo's estranged husband did not end her life by removing the feeding tube that is allowing her to live. The poll found that 41 percent of Florida residents backed Bush's decision while an equal number say it was wrong. Some 18 percent of respondents were unsure. Responding to the poll, Pat Anderson, attorney for Terri's parents Bob and Mary Schindler, told LifeNews.com, "Perhaps people have begun to think about who they would trust...

Appeals Court Issues New Stay Blocking Challenge to Law From Terry Schiavo's HusbandLAKELAND, Fla. Nov. 15 — An appeals court has stepped in to at least temporarily block a man's challenge to a law that restored his brain-damaged wife's feeding tube in a contentious right-to-die case. Florida Gov. Jeb Bush had faced a Monday deadline to justify the constitutionality of the law, which was passed specifically to allow the governor to intervene in the case of Terri Schiavo. The 2nd District Court of Appeal issued an indefinite stay late Friday, hours after a lower judge lifted another stay. Michael Schiavo...

Pinellas Park, FL (LifeNews.com) -- For the most part, the presidential candidates have stayed out of the debate surrounding Terri Schiavo's life. Earlier, President George W. Bush indicated he backed the decision to save Terri and reinsert her feeding tube and Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-CT) said he supported her as well. Now, Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean, a doctor by profession, is using his vocation to back Michael Schiavo's contention that Terri would want to die and that the feeding tube allowing her to live should be removed. Earlier this week, Dean criticized Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) for signing...

“For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities,nor present things, nor future things, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” St Paul to the Roman Christians (Romans 8:28) ______________________________ I read these encouraging words from the Readings for the Divine Liturgy this morning. Then, I prayed, as I and millions of others have done for weeks now… for Terri Schiavo and her family. Not that long ago, when asked by a friend of the family and...

Pinellas Park, FL (LifeNews.com) -- Attorneys for Florida Governor Jeb Bush have issued their response to a lawsuit filed by Michael Schiavo seeking to overturn the law. Bush's lead counsel filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit saying that it is constitutional. Attorney Ken Connor, former president of both the Family Research Council and Florida Right to Life, is Bush's lead attorney. He said Terri's Law was a "necessary safeguard" to protect her rights. "The Legislature often passes legislation in response to court decisions," Connor explained. "We don't believe this is an infringement of any patient's rights. We believe the...

Pinellas Park, FL (LifeNews.com) -- A Florida state court on Tuesday disallowed Terri's parents from entering the legal battle over Terri's Law. They wanted to join attorneys for Governor Jeb Bush in defending the legislation that allowed Bush to ask doctors to reinsert the feeding tube that is allowing Terri to live. Bob and Mary Schindler, Terri's parents, were represented in the request by attorneys from the American Center for Law and Justice, a pro-life law firm. "We're very disappointed with the court's ruling," said Jay Sekulow, Chief Counsel of the ACLJ. "It is clear that state law permits the...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Once upon a time, I believed being a feminist meant never having to say, "I agree with Randall Terry." Times change. As a woman with a disability and a progressive, I have never felt so alone as I have this week following the mainstream media's portrayal of the so-called right-to-die case in Florida. During a week of e-mails from otherwise progressive women's rights organizations about the assault on abortion rights, I have heard nothing about this ongoing assault on the life of a woman who is severely disabled. Not terminal, dying, or on her deathbed. Disabled. I understand the...

Clearwater, FL (LifeNews.com) -- Terri Schiavo has been moved to a hospital again, and this time she is in critical condition. In a statement provided to LifeNews.com, Pamela Hennessy, a representative of Terri's family, said Terri was moved from the hospice where she is living to Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater, Florida. She was admitted through the emergency room. This is the second time in 10 days that Terri has been to the hospital, the first time after Terri was coughing up blood. The hospitalization is at the center of a legal battle, with Terri's parents and siblings saying her...

Clearweater, FL (LifeNews.com) -- Terri Schiavo has left the hospital she entered following reports she was coughing up blood. However, her family still says it doesn't have any answers about her medical condition because her husband, Michael, is violating a court order and refusing to disclose the information. His actions prompted family members to file a motion instructing him to release the latest information to them. A 1996 court order requires Michael Schiavo to make medical information available to Terri’s parents. Bob and Mary Schindler, Terri's parents, and her siblings have been involved in a long, drawn-out legal battle with...