Posted on 10/20/2003 5:05:50 PM PDT by varina davis
Fla. Lawmakers May Pass Tube-Feeding Law
October 20, 2003 07:17 PM EDT
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida lawmakers were moving Monday to consider intervening in the case of a severely brain-damaged woman whose feeding tube was removed last week by her husband's order.
The Florida House scheduled a Monday night session to take up the issue. In the Senate, President Jim King said he will propose legislation that would give Gov. Jeb Bush the authority to order the feeding tube be reinserted to keep Terri Schiavo alive.
The tube was removed Wednesday following a decade-long court battle between Schiavo's parents and their son-in-law, who contends that he is carrying out her wishes not to be kept alive artificially.
"If we are to err - because time is of the essence - for goodness sake let us err on the side of caution," said King, a Republican.
Schiavo has been in what doctors call a vegetative state since her heart stopped in 1990 from a suspected potassium imbalance.
Bush told parents Bob and Mary Schindler last week that his staff would search for legal ways to save their daughter's life, but said Monday they haven't yet found a way.
"The legal ways, the remedies, don't exist," Bush said Monday, before the possible legislative moves became apparent.
Bush added, "I wish I could wave the magic wand and resolve this but every effort that we've had or every effort that has been proposed has either been thwarted by the courts or would be inappropriate."
Meanwhile, in a statement released through his lawyer, husband Michael Schiavo said Monday that he, too, is grieving, but "I did what I believe Terri would have wanted me to do."
People haven't changed a bit, have they? The nails keep on going in His hands, going in, going in, going in...and the hammer is rationalization.
Serious problems here, my friend. You commend those who oppose capital punishment but decry thos who commit murder. The Bible not only gives the power of execution to the state, but God's Law clearly allows it.
Second, Jesus has ceased from ALL of his suffering. Before he gave up His spirit, He said "It is finished!"
Third, to compare the suffering of a mortal woman to the suferring of Jesus is blaspehmy. Even though this woman may have done nothing worthy of this kind of treatment, she is not in any way comparable to the holy Lamb of God.
This is why I am bemused and a little bothered by these threads. Twisting scripture and theology to achieve a result is unrighteous and frankly, unnecessary. You do not have to make this woman a martyr in order to make your point. These kind of comments are simply over the top.
Absolutely NOT, God had nothing to do with this "choice." This choice was made by Schiavo-Greer-Felos triumvirate. God is not part of that horror.,p> What kind of God cannot keep someone alive without a feeding tube?
And ChemistCat, if "Terri communicates with her eyes," and "the technology available that could have made it possible for her to have communicated complete thoughts," had been used, and she had said, "oh, please, you have no idea how I am tormented, please, please, don't force me to live longer than my own body is able to keep me alive. Please have mercy on me, please let me go."
What would you have recommended then?
Hank
Ask Curtis if he would want his wife calling the shots for his like when she was spitting out babies with another man.
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