Legislature Re-Enters Schiavo Dispute
http://news.tbo.com/news/MGBOP3HH46E.html
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TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Legislature is considering a bill that would block efforts to end the life of Terri Schiavo and make it more difficult for all Floridians to make end-of-life decisions for themselves or loved ones.
The bill would also require that a loved one spend an average of 10 hours every month for three months with the patient before they could order the removal of a feeding tube.
The bill would apply retroactively to the Terri Schiavo case and all other incapacitated residents who did not leave such written directions.
Proponents face an uphill battle to pass the bill by the March 18 court deadline for the removal of Schiavo's feeding tube and as they struggle to find language that will survive a constitutional test.
The sponsor of the rapidly evolving bill, Rep. Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala, said: ``I certainly hope that whatever error I make is on the side of allowing someone to live rather than to die. ... I hope that this is a defining moment for our culture.''
They're actually reporting on the bill in Jacksonville, shocked I am.
Sorry, became ill last night and didn't get this posted. Dedision on DCF motion and stay supposed to come by noon today from Judge George Hitler
http://www.theempirejournal.com/03090531_dcf_tells_schiavo_judge.htm
DCF Tells Schiavo Judge
He Can't Impede Investigation