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DEMOCRAT JIM DAVIS IS VOTING AGAINST TERRI. per wfla radio 970

same station says: BILL HAS BEEN WATERED DOWN. THE HOUSE MIGHT NOT LIKE WATERED DOWN VERSION. Just reporting what I heard on the radio.

DOESN'T JIM DAVIS OF ST. PETE KNOW THAT THE ENTIRE GUARDIANSHIP FILE IS A DISASTER AND THIS IS A CRIMINAL MATTER, NOT A FAMILY MATTER?

Leading Bioethicist to Argue Against Passage of H.R. 1151 -- Triggered by Terri Schiavo Case

3/15/2005 8:50:00 PM

To: National Desk

Contact: Dr. Arthur L Caplan, 215-837-1400; Rebecca Harmon, 215-349-5660, both of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

PHILADELPHIA, March 15 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, Chair of the Department of Medical Ethics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, will testify at 2 PM tomorrow before the U.S. House of Representatives' Judiciary Committee against the passage of House Bill 1151 -- which would require federal intervention in some termination-of-life-support cases now handled by state courts. If passed, the proposed legislation would effectively delay or prevent the removal of a feeding tube from Terri Schiavo -- a measure recently authorized, once again, by the Florida court system. According to Caplan, "If enacted, the proposed legislation will threaten the ability of Americans to exercise a well-established right to refuse medical treatment. If enacted, it threatens to deny this right to those who are unable to communicate their wishes and values about medical care. And the proposed legislation inappropriately calls for the intrusion of Federal courts into matters that have historically been given to states to manage."

During his testimony, Caplan, who also serves as Director of the Center for Bioethics at Penn, will note that H.R. 1151 will immediately undermine existing advance directives and living wills; will give interloping family members and third parties too much authority; will inappropriately undermine the authority of state courts; and will rob patients of their rights by adding more due-process factors. "There is an insufficient foundation for the view that existing protections in hospitals and nursing homes -- in the form of family meetings and ethics committees -- along with review by the appropriate levels of state courts, subject to review by the United State Supreme Court, are insufficient to protect the liberty and privacy interests of incompetent patients," adds Caplan.

To reach Dr. Caplan, please call (215) 837-1400 ... or call Rebecca Harmon, at (215) 349-5660.

http://www.usnewswire.com/

We need to pray that the bill is worded tightly.

Just got off the theEmpireJournal.com online newspaper website and I am ASTOUNDED at the CORRUPTION that was involved in spreading the BIG LIE abut Terri.

Is Sheriff Rice (remember all the calls to HIS OFFICE........WHO KNEW HE WAS BUDDIES WITH MICHAEL THE TWO TIMING SOCIOPATHIC DEATH MONGOR?

I mean we were begging for an ivestigation into the HORRORS michael was doing to Terri in the hospice and ALL THE WHILE this FREAKING SHERIFF LOVED MIKEY POO and HIRED HIM TO WORK FOR HIM AS A PRISON NURSE (easy to understand why michael would be good at this....but TALK ABOUT COLLUSION!

NO WONDER HIS OFFICE WOULD NOT RESPOND TO CALLS ABOUT TERRI'S HORRIFIC NEGLECT!!!!!!!!!! Michael was his BUDDY!

And theEmpireJournal.com goes on to point out that........

get this...............

Michael's would be mother in law, the one who just kicked the bucket at mikey's house (bet that one was fun for him)....WORKED FOR TWENTY YEARS for SHERIFF RICE.

This all sounds way over the top....but there it is...documented and horrific.

FORIDUH VOTER...I mean this fully...............years ago when you were trying to tell us about Pinellas County and the corruption of the agencies there....I could not grasp it all...........NOW I KNOW YOU WERE DEAD ON RIGHT>

Terri has NEVER had a chance.

Wonder if a smallish, whimpish, ineffectual, replusive, creepy, freaky, proud producer like felos has a hard time keeping his death fetish contained...hovering over and planning the death of the imperfect must make him feel very powerful , for a moment in time.

I can understand, in the sicker part of my brain, how a 'dead' man like felos, can only feel alive while killing others.

"same station says: BILL HAS BEEN WATERED DOWN. THE HOUSE MIGHT NOT LIKE WATERED DOWN VERSION."

I saw on another thread that the bill now says something that won't even protect Terri.

(Florida) Senate, House Reach Deal in Effort to Block Terri Schiavo's Death
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1363221/posts?page=10#10

"In the absence of written instructions, the legislation would allow a guardian to deny food and water if there was "clear and convincing evidence" that the incapacitated person made his or her wishes clear orally."

Is this true?????

If it is, they are just playing games and allowing the clock to count down. According to Judge Greer there is "clear and convincing evidence", then TERRI is NOT PROTECTED.