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To: FatherOfLiberty
May laws be rescinded and/or enacted that will prevent this type of case in the future.

YES! And something better than Terri's Law is needed in any case, even if by some minor miracle the kangaroos of the sunshine state give it a pass this time. Terri's Law is predicated in part upon someone in the family disputing the starvation death decree. What about the next person who isn't that lucky? At the very least, there should be a new amendment which "notwithstanding any prior provision in the Florida constitution" (or some such bulletproofing) raises the bar, for legally determining a patient's wishes not to live, beyond mere hearsay and mere casual comments.

417 posted on 11/14/2003 11:08:48 PM PST by drlevy88
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To: All
Can someone explain this to me?

MS said over and over, and on national tv, that it wasn't until his mother's death in July 1997 that he "realized his need to fulfill Terri's wish", right? MS's mother wasn't dead yet when Bushnell's letter to Judge Shames on May 6, 1997. How can he get away telling this stuff??

(BTW, thank you all for the welcome the other day!)
420 posted on 11/14/2003 11:16:07 PM PST by Micavaga
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