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[Florida] Senate Panel Approves Schiavo Bill
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| October 21, 2003
| ALLISON NORTH JONES and ELAINE SILVESTRINI The Tampa Tribune
Posted on 10/21/2003 12:34:19 PM PDT by NautiNurse
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To: TexasGunLover
No argument, except remember that it does invite the government to OVERRIDE your spouses wishes. What if they are doing what you want? It's a two way street is all I'm saying... What if (as IMHO may be soon shown) the husband had committed crimes against your trust fund which could only be covered up by your demise? Would you want the government to intervene?
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posted on
10/22/2003 7:05:10 AM PDT
by
supercat
(Why is it that the more "gun safety" laws are passed, the less safe my guns seem?)
To: NautiNurse
Viewpoints c/o
Houston Chronicle
P.O. Box 4260
Houston, Texas 77210
Email:
viewpoints@chron.com Fax: (713) 362-3575
RE: Brain-damaged woman to resume tube-feeding, Oct. 22
Florida legislators may allow feeding tube to be reinserted, Oct. 21
October 22, 2003
Dear Viewpoints Editor:
As an advocate of religious freedom, I applaud the State of Florida for intervening to save the life of Terri Schiavo (Florida legislators may allow feeding tube to be reinserted Oct. 21). This probate case represents more than just the right to life or the right to die, but the widespread abuse of guardianships and legal authority to commit crimes against elderly or disabled persons without adequate legal defense.
The Democrats who argued against the state overruling the courts should equally protest the abuse of court authority to override federal and state laws. Without the system of checks and balances by the other two branches of government, the judiciary could easily have gotten away with murder. George Felos and other attorneys for the guardian clearly exploited this case, as well as the family and the law, as a discredit to the right-to-die movement and a shame to the legal profession.
Emily T. Nghiem
P.O. Box 981101
Houston, Texas 77098
713-867-5998
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emilynghiem@hotmail.com >
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posted on
10/22/2003 4:27:59 PM PDT
by
emilynghiem
(proper checks and balances)
To: JustPiper
Viewpoints c/o
Houston Chronicle
P.O. Box 4260
Houston, Texas 77210
Email:
viewpoints@chron.com Fax: (713) 362-3575
RE: Brain-damaged woman to resume tube-feeding, Oct. 22
Florida legislators may allow feeding tube to be reinserted, Oct. 21
October 22, 2003
Dear Viewpoints Editor:
As an advocate of religious freedom, I applaud the State of Florida for intervening to save the life of Terri Schiavo (Florida legislators may allow feeding tube to be reinserted Oct. 21). This probate case represents more than just the right to life or the right to die, but the widespread abuse of guardianships and legal authority to commit crimes against elderly or disabled persons without adequate legal defense.
The Democrats who argued against the state overruling the courts should equally protest the abuse of court authority to override federal and state laws. Without the system of checks and balances by the other two branches of government, the judiciary could easily have gotten away with murder. George Felos and other attorneys for the guardian clearly exploited this case, as well as the family and the law, as a discredit to the right-to-die movement and a shame to the legal profession.
Emily T. Nghiem
P.O. Box 981101
Houston, Texas 77098
713-867-5998
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emailus@ev1.net >
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posted on
10/22/2003 4:30:09 PM PDT
by
emilynghiem
(proper checks and balances)
To: emilynghiem
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35231 WAKE UP!! TIME FOR ANOTHER EMAIL FLOOD!! article from worldnetdaily a few hours ago: <>
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posted on
10/23/2003 5:09:28 AM PDT
by
still trying
(Terri returned to Woodside Hospice--still in danger!!)
To: still trying
MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH
Terri snatched from hospital
Attorney: Brain-damaged woman still in danger as judge has not appointed guardian ad litem
Posted: October 23, 2003
1:00 a.m. Eastern
By Sarah Foster
© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com
Attorney Patricia Anderson's greatest fear was realized yesterday when she learned that Michael Schiavo had removed his wife Terri Schindler-Schiavo from Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater, Fla., where she was taken to have her feeding tube reinstalled, and returned clandestinely to the Woodside Facility of the Hospice of the Florida Sun Coast in Pinellas Park where she has been a patient for over three years.
Just hours earlier, Anderson who has represented Robert and Mary Schindler in their decade-long legal battle with their son-in-law told WorldNetDaily she was intensely concerned that Schiavo would remove Terri from the hospital before her condition was medically stabilized and she was rehydrated, in accordance with Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's executive order.
This would be completely at odds with the purpose of Tuesday's special legislation by the Florida legislature that empowered Gov. Jeb Bush to order Schiavo's feeding tube reinserted, and halted the court-ordered death of the 39-year-old brain-damaged woman, whose husband had long sought to end her life.
But Schiavo had done that several times in the past, most recently in August when Terri was shuttled back and forth on three separate occasions during bouts with pneumonia and other medical problems. Each time she was kept at Morton Plant only a few days, and returned to the hospice in a much-weakened state.
"I don't have any doubt that she should be in intensive care at the hospital," said Anderson. "But the fact is, Michael's her guardian and if he withdraws his consent for them to treat her there's nothing they can do. Their hands are tied. This tells you a lot about him."
Anderson said she felt that the hospital would have preferred to keep her before releasing her prematurely, but Schiavo is the one who must consent to treatment.
"If he revokes the consent and he is her legal guardian, their hands are tied," she explained. "They cannot continue to treat her without his consent. That is why the appointment of a guardian ad litem is so very crucial," she added.
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posted on
10/23/2003 5:44:15 AM PDT
by
still trying
(Terri returned to Woodside Hospice--still in danger!!)
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