Electrical stimulation therapy restores swallowing ability.
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Posted on 03/10/2005 12:22:56 PM PST by amdgmary
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- A judge ruled Thursday that the state's social services agency cannot delay the removal of the feeding tube keeping brain-damaged Terri Schiavo alive.
The Department of Children & Families had asked for a 60-day delay in the removal of the feeding tube, now scheduled March 18. The agency said it wanted time to investigate allegations of abuse and neglect by the woman's husband, Michael Schiavo.
But Circuit Judge George W. Greer ruled that the agency's attempt to get involved at this point was inappropriate and "appears to be brought for the purpose of circumventing the court's final judgment ... in violation of the separation of powers doctrine."
Michael Schiavo's attorney had criticized the last-minute attempt by DCF to get involved, saying that it was engineered by Gov. Jeb Bush and others in the state government who support the plight of her parents who are trying to keep her alive.
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Michael Schiavo has gotten a court order to remove the feeding tube, contending that his wife told him she wouldn't want to be kept alive artificially. A 1990 heart attack cut off oxygen to her brain for five minutes, leaving her in what the court has ruled is a vegetative state with no consciousness. She breathes on her own but depends on a tube in her abdomen for food and water.
But her parents doubt she had those end-of-life wishes and are trying to block removal of the feeding tube.
The judge's ruling was another major blow to Bob and Mary Schindler, who have fought their son-in-law in court for nearly seven years over their daughter's fate. They dispute that she is in a persistent vegetative state, saying she laughs, cries, interacts with them and tries to speak when they visit her at her hospice.
The DCF said it wanted to investigate accusations against Miachel Schiavo - who is her legal guaridan - that included denying his wife some medical treatment and therapy, isolating her in her room with the blinds closed, failing to fix her broken wheelchair and failing to file timely guardianship plans.
In his order, Greer noted that those and many other allegations have been investigated in the past and failed to yield any evidence of abuse and neglect by Michael Schiavo.
Other than trying to appeal judge's decisions that have gone against them this week, the Schindlers will look again to the state Legislature and perhaps the U.S. Congress for help. Both bodies have bills in the works that lawmakers say could save Terri Schiavo's life.
In Tallahassee Wednesday, a House committee approved a bill requiring doctors to provide nutrition and hydration to incapacitated patients who didn't leave an advance directive. It still needs approval from two more committees before facing the full House.
Bush, who has said he would do anything within his power to save Terri Schiavo, supports the bill.
The governor in October 2003 pushed a law through the Legislature authorizing him to resume the woman's artificial feedings six days after the court stopped them. The law subsequently was ruled unconstitutional by the state Supreme Court.
On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Dave Weldon and U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez, both Florida Republicans, introduced legislation in Washington that could give the Schindlers access to federal courts in the effort to save their daughter's life. Their bill requires that incapacitated people who don't leave advance directives have attorneys appointed to give the case a full review before artificial life support is terminated.
On a Easter Morning, when millions are celebrating the Resurection of Christ, we watched in horror as they snatched Elian Gonzoles from his family to have him sent to his father and the mind control of Castro's Communism. For less reason should they hold poor Terri from the protective custody that she deserves. What she is about to face is wife abuse in the ultimate degree. Any child protective agency would go into that court room with a SWAT team.
What does BTTT mean?
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Electrical stimulation therapy restores swallowing ability.
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No. It's about hearsay evidence given by an estranged husband that was suddenly remembered 7 years later. It's about medical advances in testing and denying a human being the tests. It's about a euthanasia lawyer advancing his cause. It's about not erring on the side of life.
"I believe, gentlemen, that you know me well enough to realize that I am not a bloodthirsty man nor a man who takes pleasure or finds sport in the harsher things he must do. On the other hand, I have strong nerves and a great sense of duty - if I do say so myself - and when I recognize the necessity to do something, I will do it unflinchingly." Heinrich Himmler - May 24, 1944
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Why do you think this is happening. Put aside everything I've said, because I am really curious as to why the courts keep backing this up. Why?
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It's called "Liberalism In Full Blown Shove It Up Your Stupid Conservative Arse Action" ... that's why !!!
question: can (more importantly, will) DCF step in without Greer's approval and take Terri under protective custody?
"WHEN THESE FACTS BECOME KNOWN THE SCHINDLERS WOULD HAVE EVERY RIGHT IN THE WORLD TO SUE THE STATE OF FLORIDA IN A WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT."
Two words- sovereign immunity.
and definition of life-prolonging procedures
He's not breaking the law. He's applying the law the Florida legislature wrote.
For God's sake, Florida already has a constitutional crisis and has from the moment they let Janet Reno's storm troopers walk in and take Elian Gonzalez at gunpoint, trampling innocent citizens,slamming them in the face with rifle butts, to the endless recount of the votes, with an attempt to recount them behind closed doors, by only Democratic partisans.
On a Easter Morning, when millions are celebrating the Resurection of Christ, we watched in horror as they snatched Elian Gonzoles from his family to have him sent to his father and the mind control of Castro's Communism. For less reason should they hold poor Terri from the protective custody that she deserves. What she is about to face is wife abuse in the ultimate degree. Any child protective agency would go into that court room with a SWAT team.
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I was at convention over the holiday. I will NEVER forget the crime against MAN perpetrated against Elian and ALL OF US that sad day in April......
Lother Fothing Mucker BTTT
All very nice and tidy but give me links. And you never addressed the advances in testing such as fMRI. Actually, you didn't directly address anything I said.
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