FREEP THIS POLL(AOL Members): Should Terri Schiavo be allowed to die?

AP/Web Poll - America Online ^ | 22 October 2003 | JACKIE HALLIFAX

[shezza]

COMATOSE WOMAN RECEIVING FLUIDS
Florida Governor Orders Feeding Tube Reinserted
By JACKIE HALLIFAX, AP

CLEARWATER, Fla. (Oct. 22) - Acting on orders from Gov. Jeb Bush, a hospital began giving fluids to a brain-damaged woman Tuesday, six days after her feeding tube was removed in one of the nation's longest and most bitter right-to-die battles.

A judge later rejected a request by the woman's husband to overturn the governor's order. ( click here to read rest of article)

Reuters file
Terri Schiavo, shown here with her mother in 2001, has been in a vegetative state since suffering a heart attack in 1990. ______________________________________

Poll: Should the comatose woman be kept alive or allowed to die?

(as of 8:00 a.m.)
Allow her to die 58%
Kept alive 32%
I can't decide! 10%

[shezza]

They're still calling her a comatose/vegetative woman...yet showing the picture of her smiling lovingly at her mother.

NOTE: I don't think you can vote unless you're an AOL subscriber.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Hmmm. They never say "Should Terri Schiavo be allowed to live"?

CNN talked a line of nihilist crap alllllll last night on that damned Aaron what'shisname's show. All kinds of clever liberal word games and ploys in their reporting to slant it against the poor girl, her parents, and her supporters outside praying.

[shezza]

Dang! The link above did take you directly to the story, but now it's just a sign-in page. Sorry, sorry, sorry...I'll try to fix it.

[shezza]

I apologize...this poll can only be accessed by AOL members from the front page. Pull the thread if you so desire.

[shezza]

More from the AP article:

Terri Schiavo was being rehydrated intravenously after the Legislature rushed to pass a bill designed to save her life, according to her parents' lawyer. Schiavo's parents have fought to keep her alive. Her husband, Michael Schiavo, says she would rather die.

An ambulance took Schiavo from a Pinellas Park hospice to Morton Plant Hospital after Bush issued his order to resume feeding her. A crowd cheered outside as she left.

''I'm ecstatic she's being fed again,'' said her brother, Bob Schindler Jr. ''I don't think I can describe the way I feel right now. It's been unreal.''

Hours earlier, the Senate voted 23-15 for legislation to save Schiavo. Within minutes, the House voted 73-24 to send the bill to Bush. The governor signed it into law and issued his order about an hour later.

''It's restored my belief in God,'' said Schiavo's father, Bob Schindler.

Michael Schiavo, meanwhile, was ''deeply troubled, angry and saddened that his wife's wishes have become a political pingpong,'' said his attorney, George Felos. ''He, as many others, is absolutely stunned at the course of events.''

Terri Schiavo's feeding tube was removed last Wednesday. Doctors said the 39-year-old woman would die within a week to 10 days without nutrition and water.

Suzanne Carr, the woman's sister, called lawmakers' action ''a miracle, an absolute miracle.''

Her mother, Mary Schindler, broke down and cried after the Senate vote.

Felos scrambled to try to stop Bush's order. He filed a request for an injunction, but Pinellas Circuit Court Judge George Greer denied it on technical grounds. Felos refiled the request and State Circuit Judge W. Douglas Baird also refused to grant it.

''We won. Terri won,'' her father said after the ruling.

Felos will have five days to file additional arguments with the judge and the state will have five days after that to respond. The judge will then hold another hearing.

''It is simply inhumane and barbaric to interrupt her death process,'' Felos said. ''Just because Terri Schiavo is not conscious doesn't mean she doesn't have dignity.''

Oh, now that's rich, George. Inhumane and barbaric to interrupt her death process.

[joesnuffy]

Should Terri be allowed to die....sure if that is what she wants...
But She Does Not Want To Die...its her husband (the rat bass turd who wants her to die..as there is gold in them thar hills)
and his schiester..and the activist Judge making law ...and liberals...and those bought off by the trial liars assoc....and the pro abortionists...& the kevorkians among us...

[John O]

I thank God for the good news that Gov Bush (and the florida legislature) intervened and saved her life.

I haven't had the heart to keep up on the threads but have kept up in prayer.

I read somewhere that she has been in this state about 13 years and that her problems may have started as a result of domestic violence (it was implied that he choked her and she suffered her stroke or heart attack as a result of that, that she showed signs of damage from a choking incident but that they didn't look for it until a year after the event.) Since then I've felt very strongly that the husband is simply trying to kill his wife so that his crime will be covered up. He fears her recovery more than her death.

Does that sound like a pretty accurate reading? It doesn't seem like a 'right to die' case as much as it seems like a premeditated long term murder attempt.

[shezza]

Spot on. It's not so much "the right to die" as "the right to kill."

[wingnuts'nbolts]

All the poll sites refer to her as a comatose leading the less informed to the conclusion that Terris unresponsive. Including the Fox News Poll.

[joesnuffy]

I dont think I have ever heard of anyone who wanted to live as much as this woman
considering what she has endured so far...
she does not seem to have an easily dominated spirit...she does have an incredible amount of "Will to Live"...imo
In spite of how many are either wanting her to die...for the sake of their convienence or who are anxious to kill her for financial gain...or to make an example of her to further their own agendas, political aspirations and power validations

[xzins]

If there is a sign-in to a website that is required to "freep" one of these polls or "read" one of these excerpted articles, isn't there some way to require that that be mentioned upfront on the thread?

Just a suggestion. It's not a matter of "anger" or being "upset."

[TaxRelief]

Felos probably knows that stopping Terri's death does not mean getting her any help or medical treatment. DSS, Social Services, still needs to get involved.

[punster]

I think we should be asking when that picture was taken. If it is an old picture, it has no bearing on the current controversy.

[shezza]

Sorry. I mentioned it in the post, but not at the top or in the title. Mea culpa. Admin Moderator has fixed as per your request.

[shezza]

Picture taken 2001. The judge in this case, George Greer (ptooey!), prohibited any and all means of photographing Terri by her family, including still photos, videotaping, or broadcasts of her from her room. The father, Bob Schindler, has been slapped with a "contempt of court" citation for sharing this photo of Terri.

[Judith Anne]

What is your problem with the picture?