Media Outlets Seek Access to DCF Filing Regarding Teri Schiavo (New Hearing Wednesday)

Lakeland Florida Ledger ^ | 3.1.05

[pollywog]

Every time I read something like this my adrenalin shoots up another notch or two..

ME TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lilypad]

There is a writer named Tom Jackson who has a disabled daughter and is for saving Terri.

[Ohioan from Florida]

>>Barbara Coombs Lee, president of Compassion in Dying<<

Why she must be representing the Hemlock Society! I love the name change. Easier to fool people that way!

Floridians have been fooled for far too long! Go to the link and see what I mean.

http://www.hemlock.org/home.jsp

"You have reached the web site for End-of-Life Choices and Compassion In Dying."

"We are pleased to announce that End-of-Life Choices and Compassion In Dying have unified. Our new organization is called Compassion & Choices."

[freepertoo]

LOL! I can tell by all the exclamation marks after your comment!

[pollywog]

LOL! I can tell by all the exclamation marks after your comment!

LOL....my father didn't nickname me " Dunamous" for nothing! Dynamite I can be when cornered!

[cyn]

"Compassion & Choices." -- well, who can be against that? sheesh.

[cyn]

Thanks for finding and posting that. btw...my little seedlings say "hi"!

[floriduh voter]

I can't attend tomorrow but there's a buzz that it's better if Greer keeps the DCF files sealed. Greer should give DCF the 60 days they requested and leave the media in the dark. They haven't been interested in Terri much until this go around. The Death Warrant has been around since February of 2000. The media hasn't been.

[floriduh voter]

The nbc and fox affiliate here also want the dcf complaint unsealed. I DO NOT. it gives hino's attorney the opportunity to move to dismiss which he does practically every time there is a hearing. Move to dismiss is a very bad thing coming from hino's attorney.

So far, Greer hasn't bowed to Felos on those but Greer has said "the law of the case is that she will die." compassionate judge at work.

[floriduh voter]

Jeb said on my tv that there are approx. 217,000 live births in Florida each year. Jeb also said that there are approximately 90,000 abortions in Florida each year.

The left wing is trying to build an empire here, abortions and euthanasia - a haven for the secularists who want to CHOOSE who lives or dies.

[gopwinsin04]

I agree. The judge should at least see what the state finds out in those 60 days.

[pc93]

Hmmm. Just the way they worded their lawsuit makes it seem like that though.

[cyn]

hi -- ping here -- this ties in w/your excellent #45 at http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1353258/posts?page=45#45 -- can you post that here, too?

[Canadian Outrage]

You have a right to be suspicious since George Greer would not even allow the DCF Lawyers to speak on behalf of Terri in Court the day of the last hearing. I cannot see him having any change of heart here. It is STILL TIME FOR JEB BUSH HIMSELF to enforce a Protective Order for Terri and taking control of her protection as a disabled citizen of Florida, HIMSELF !!

[Pepper777]

The Hemlock Society is about as compassionate as a RATTLESNAKE.

They love to use words like *choice* and *compassion*, when they really mean just the opposite. STARVING TERRI TO DEATH is NOT about compassion or choice. It's about Abuse and Horror.

I wonder how many people will be fooled into a false sense of security by signing up with the *end of life* garabage. Imagine someone needing only a few days of life support and getting none. Most likely their family would NOT be able to fight for their loved one. I've heard you should NEVER sign a living will, unless you designate a person you trust with the *power of attorney* over it.

I can't believe people buy into their hedious AGENDA. People like Soros and Felos will NOT be happy until most of the population of this planet has gone bye bye. :( :(

Thanks for the article.

[cyn]

fyi ping

[Future Useless Eater]

Note to the lawyers for tomorrrow...
Michael ALREADY WAIVED Terri's absolute right to privacy from the media, by flaunting Terri in front of the press BEFORE he won her big rehabilitation-settlement!

Media-Approved Photos of Terri AFTER her 'attack' (but BEFORE her rehabilitation award )
	Mikey used to allow Terri to be dressed up and taken to the Mall
	Mikey was proving to the jury how responsive Terri is...
	Mikey used to take Terri outside in a wheelchair... He not only APPROVED these photos to be public, He even POSED with Terri outdoors!
	Now, Mikey doesn't allow Terri outside, ever! and won't let her have even a DONATED wheelchair

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[mommy23]

Per Cyn's request, I am reposting this here.

--- I've also been pondering this question of "who lobbied to change the law in FL". In digging around, here are some interesting documents that I have found in relation to this question.

"The 1998 Florida Legislature created (CS/CS/HB 3387),The Panel For The Study of End-Of-Life care. This 22 member panel was directed to study issues related to the care provided to persons as they near the end of their lives." This panel was the starting point for the legislation that was eventually passed and changed the law in 1999 in Florida.

Here is an interim report from this Panel For The Study of End Of Life Care(http://www.fha.org/acrobat/interimquality.pdf)

This interim report details the individuals who were on the panel, which included none other than Mary Labyak, Executive Director And CEO, Hospice of The Florida Suncoast.

In reading this report and looking through the 22 member panel, I do not see anyone representing the interests of the disabled and incapacitated.

The panel was administered by the Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy from Florida State University. The Pepper Institute is listed on the "Center For Practical Bioethics" Website as being on their "community state partnerships to improve end-of-life care." (http://www.midbio.org/npo-map.htm) The Center For Practical Bioethics shows the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as a financial contributor. (http://www.midbio.org/mbc-gift.htm)

[cyn]

ty for your work on this.

[Chocolate Rose]

Hi cyn--and your welcome! So many threads its hard for me to find you :) I don't have any lil'seedings yet :(

Have you read this one--

Published Tuesday, March 1, 2005

Great Interest in End-of-Life Debate

By Robin Williams Adams
The Ledger

BARTOW -- The author of Oregon's physician-assisted dying law drew applause at a Monday forum when she said she shudders at politicians "getting involved in the most intimate, private end-of-life decisions."

The former state legislator who shepherded "Terri's Law," which temporarily let Gov. Jeb Bush do just that in the legal tangle surrounding Terri Schiavo's feeding tube, drew rebukes when he defended the law.

The opposing views of Barbara Coombs Lee, president of Compassion in Dying, and Johnnie Byrd, who was speaker of the Florida House, set the tone Monday night for the Tiger Bay Club of Polk County's program on end of life.

They were on a six-person panel that included three physicians.

Lee considers the law, which the Florida Supreme Court declared unconstitutional last year, an intrusion.

Byrd said legislators were clarifying their position on existing state laws and questioning the motive of Schiavo's husband in removing her feeding tube.

"The whole issue was that case seemed to be replete with conflict of interest," he said.

That drew a sharp response from panelist Dr. David McGrew, a Florida specialist in pain management and end-of-life care, who said conflict-of-interest can exist in many decisions made by family.

Existing state law already has provisions to challenge a surrogate's decisions, he said.

"It didn't require a new law and we don't need another new law," said McGrew, who in 2000 became president of Hospice and Palliative Physician Services.

"What we need is application of the law we have."

While Lee and Byrd were far apart on Terri's Law, much of the panel's discussion dealt with questions for which panelists agreed there aren't easy answers.

more here--

http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050301/NEWS/503010374/1134