Posted on 10/17/2003 10:16:11 PM PDT by litany_of_lies
Abuse report filed for Terri Schiavo
Judicial Watch says it now has given Jeb Bush premise to intervene
Posted: October 18, 2003
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com
The Washington, D.C., watchdog group Judicial Watch filed an abuse complaint it says will allow Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to intervene on behalf of Terri Schindler-Schiavo, the brain-disabled woman who is starving under a court order initiated by her husband.
Judicial Watch President Thomas Fitton faxed a "Form to Report Abuse/Abandonment/Neglect/Exploitation" with the Florida Department of Children and Families yesterday then sent a letter to Bush and DCF Secretary Jerry Regier.
The letter said, "Based on our formal complaint via the faxed report referenced above, you have the authority and sufficient cause to immediately order the Florida Department of Children and Family Services to intervene on behalf of Ms. Schiavo; to restore her nutrition; and to initiate a full investigation of the circumstances surrounding Ms. Schiavo’s disability."
Fitton said these actions are in accord with the U.S. Constitution, the Florida Constitution, Article 2, Section 5, and Florida statutes 825.102 and 782.04(2)(i), 77.04.
The abuse report, under "Description of Incident," says:
Thirteen years ago Terri Schiavo suffered brain damage from a sudden collapse. She receives her food and water by means of a feeding tube. Terri's other bodily functions are stable. She responds to voices, and is capable of smiling, laughing and crying. She vocalizes well.
Terri's husband, Michael Schiavo, has denied her any rehabilitation treatment since 1993. On Wednesday, October 1, 2003, Michael Schiavo directed that Terri's feeding tube be disconnected, subjecting her to starvation and dehydration that will result in an anguishing death in approximately 10 to 14 days.
Judicial Watch is known for its many lawsuits against President Clinton's administration. But the group, led by Larry Klayman, also has taken on the current White House, including a lawsuit to force the release of information about Vice President Dick Cheney's energy task force.
Klayman recently declared he will run for a U.S. Senate seat from Florida.
Legal documents and information on Terri's case are posted on the family's website.
Previous stories
Desperate parents plead to Jeb Bush
Lawyers: Bush can step in for Schiavo
Starvation begins for Terri Schiavo
Husband protests video showing alert Terri
Terri Schiavo wants to live
No intervention for Schiavo
Joni Eareckson Tada joins vigil for Terri Schiavo
Hearing today on woman scheduled to starve
Prayer vigil for Terri Schiavo
Bush steps in for Schindler-Schiavo
Florida AG intervenes in Schiavo lawsuit
Order signed for starvation of disabled woman
Disabled woman wins reprieve
Another 9-11 date with death
Federal judge considers Schiavo case
Federal Court grants emergency hearing in Schiavo case
Attorney: Jeb Bush letter only a 'good first step'
Gov. Bush's plea for Schindler-Schiavo rejected
Jeb Bush intervenes for Schindler-Schiavo
Legal setbacks clear way for Schiavo starvation
Schindler-Schiavo on 'death row'
Husband bars priest from brain-damaged wife
Brain-damaged woman hospitalized
Fight for life bombshell: Terri trying to talk
Petition drive launched for Terri Schiavo
Commentary: 'Murder is legal if we say so'
In other words, the situation is different. All cases are unique. This is not your friend's case. This is Terri's case.
IMMEDIATELY,.....Terri needs to be placed in a Very Highly Enriched OXYGEN Chamber enviornment!
Common sense,......IMHO
Agreed. They're a bunch of ambulence chasers but this time they are chasing the right ambulence.
Common sense,......IMHO
Agree 100%. I believe Dr. Neubauer from Ocean Hyperbaric and a neurologist filed a brief about Terri somewhere along the way.
Always a good idea, for everyone to do no matter what side of the argument they are on.
Else perhaps a bunch of piss-ant do-gooders may consign me to the horror of years of suffering a living death in a hospital bed somewhere.
There ARE things worse than death you idiots and may all you Pollyanna Rat do-gooders find this out the hard way.
If this woman really was a "vegetable" I would be agreeing with you. But this case is different in that it is FAR from clear how vegetative she really is and that there is a LOT of shady business going on in terms of money settlements and her care (or lack of it)
I'm nowhere near as pro-life as a lot of these people here are (for example, I'm ok with voluntary assisted suicide as long as appropriate controls are there) BUT EVEN I, libertarian death-meister that I am, think that justice is not being served in this case.
If it were you in a hospice, denied rehabilitative care and visits by your family, with your untrustworthy wife eager to cash in on your death (before you had a real chance to see how far you could come back with therapy), you'd probably have a different viewpoint on the "pissant do-gooders".
| 2280 Everyone is responsible for his life before God who has given it to him. It is God who remains the sovereign Master of life. We are obliged to accept life gratefully and preserve it for his honor and the salvation of our souls. We are stewards, not owners, of the life God has entrusted to us. It is not ours to dispose of. |
| 2270 Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception. From the first moment of his existence, a human being must be recognized as having the rights of a person - among which is the inviolable right of every innocent being to life.
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| 336 From its beginning until death, human life is surrounded by their watchful care and intercession. "Beside each believer stands an angel as protector and shepherd leading him to life." Already here on earth the Christian life shares by faith in the blessed company of angels and men united in God. |
| 2367 Called to give life, spouses share in the creative power and fatherhood of God. "Married couples should regard it as their proper mission to transmit human life and to educate their children; they should realize that they are thereby cooperating with the love of God the Creator and are, in a certain sense, its interpreters. They will fulfill this duty with a sense of human and Christian responsibility." |
| 1524 In addition to the Anointing of the Sick, the Church offers those who are about to leave this life the Eucharist as viaticum. Communion in the body and blood of Christ, received at this moment of "passing over" to the Father, has a particular significance and importance. It is the seed of eternal life and the power of resurrection, according to the words of the Lord: "He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day." The sacrament of Christ once dead and now risen, the Eucharist is here the sacrament of passing over from death to life, from this world to the Father. |
| 2273 The inalienable right to life of every innocent human individual is a constitutive element of a civil society and its legislation: "The inalienable rights of the person must be recognized and respected by civil society and the political authority. These human rights depend neither on single individuals nor on parents; nor do they represent a concession made by society and the state; they belong to human nature and are inherent in the person by virtue of the creative act from which the person took his origin. Among such fundamental rights one should mention in this regard every human being's right to life and physical integrity from the moment of conception until death." "The moment a positive law deprives a category of human beings of the protection which civil legislation ought to accord them, the state is denying the equality of all before the law. When the state does not place its power at the service of the rights of each citizen, and in particular of the more vulnerable, the very foundations of a state based on law are undermined. . . . As a consequence of the respect and protection which must be ensured for the unborn child from the moment of conception, the law must provide appropriate penal sanctions for every deliberate violation of the child's rights." |
| 2288 Life and physical health are precious gifts entrusted to us by God. We must take reasonable care of them, taking into account the needs of others and the common good. Concern for the health of its citizens requires that society help in the attainment of living-conditions that allow them to grow and reach maturity: food and clothing, housing, health care, basic education, employment, and social assistance. |
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| 1641 "By reason of their state in life and of their order, [Christian spouses] have their own special gifts in the People of God." This grace proper to the sacrament of Matrimony is intended to perfect the couple's love and to strengthen their indissoluble unity. By this grace they "help one another to attain holiness in their married life and in welcoming and educating their children." |
Is there anything we can learn from this?
When they came for the Catholics?
When they came for the Baptists?
When they came for the fundamentalists?
When they came for the agnostics?
When they came for the physically disabled?
When they came for the mentally disabled?
Just something for all of us to think about -- is this picture larger than we currently see it?
Mikey got off the grace train at some point. He can't do anything about their dissoluble unity, though, because he has (barring a miracle) killed her. All the honeys and love children in the world can't change that fact.
Heavenly Father, the hour for an evening meal is past ~ another day without food or water for Terri. We cannot fathom her agony, dear Lord ~ the agony of deprivation ~ but we know the agony of deprivation is at the hands of her husband. I continue to pray that he will relent, for it seems he has aligned himself with just the right people to make it impossible for anyone to stop this murder.
No where in all of this country ~ indeed the world ~ are legal words or avenues to be found that would bring Terri back from the brink of disaster. That is totally without comprehension for good thinking people, but totally within the realm of an evil that has gripped the world, to be found no matter where we turn. Thank You, Lord, that You tell us that You will not be mocked ~ that whatsoever a man sows, that he shall also reap.
Our prayer is for the rescue of this mother's child and her return to their loving care. Our continued prayer is that this demonic madness be thwarted by the Power of Your Might ~ give the greatest wisdom, Lord, to those still seeking the words to release Terri from her prison ~ lead them to that place, lest this dear woman slip away. Let not our sins be laid upon this woman, for she is without crime. Have mercy, Lord ~ in the name of Jesus, I pray, Amen ...
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