Feeding Tube Being Removed: Greer Gives Order

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[My Favorite Headache]

Greer gives order

[First_Salute]

Thank you.

[1Old Pro]

CNN is reporting that the doctors are preparing Terri to remove the feeding tube.

How can they....."first, do no harm"

[Boardwalk]

What's the harm in delaying the tube being removed until all the facts are on the table? She should get a fair trial!

[phenn]

the tube is out, according to Michael Schiavo's tart, Jodi Centonze. Greer refused to allow an emergency hearing. Terri's parents were ordered to leave the room when this was happening.

The judiciary OWNS your ass. Don't move to Florida.

[Rutles4Ever]

I have Farleigh-Dickenson all the way. Did I just bet with my brain?

[Boardwalk]

Isn't the tube removed after each feeding?

[Rutles4Ever]

gotcha

[1stFreedom]

OK folks, get Gov. Bush to exercise his authority as Gov. to protect Terri.. EMAIL HIM THIS OR A SIMILAR MESSAGE. Call if you can (can't find a phone # for his office)..

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3/18/2005

Dear Gov. Bush,

Under Article I Section 2 of the Constitution of the State of Florida, Terri Schiavo has the enumerated right to life. The State Constitution also states that "No person shall be deprived of any right because...physical handicap."

Pinellas Circuit Judge George Greer does not have the authority do deprive Terri of this right simply because she cannot communicate, and he is using this physical handicap to deprive her of this right, in clear violation of the State Constitution.

On order to enforce Terri's right to I encourage you to exercise your authority as Governor of Florida to ensure that she is protected.

Judge George Greer’s order to allow the tube to be removed will cause chaos at the local level. The local authorities will be prevented, by court order, from enforcing Terri's right to life as enumerated under the State Constitution. The only reason she is being deprived of this is due to her physical disabilities. Were she not disabled, she could defend herself.

The unconstitutional rulings issued by the judge have created a resistance to the execution of the laws and Constitution of Florida, a condition under which Florida Statute 250.28 gives you authority to utilize the Florida National Guard in order to eliminate such resistance. Please utilize the guard to ensure her feeding tube remains in place and her sustenance continued.

Sincerely

[MarMema]

First of all it is not starvation. It is dehydration which causes the death.

For more than ten years, conscious and unconscious cognitively disabled people who use feeding tubes have been legally dehydrated to death in the United States. This intentional life-ending act-clamping feeding tubes and denying all sustenance-has become so ubiquitous that, generally, little attention is paid.

Food and water have been considered medical treatment by the courts for quite some time now. This case is only one of many which have already taken place. Just google the following names.

Hugh Finn

Christine Busalacchi

Marjorie Nighbert

Richard Routh

Nancy Cruzan

Ella Bathurst

Robert Wendland

Michael Martin

Paul Brophy

Marcia Gray

That should do for starters. All people dehydrated to death by our court system. There are plenty of others who just had it done and never made the news.

[eccentric]

What do you think of this from " TERRI SCHIAVO MARCH 2005 DAILIES ," post # 6,439

....Kenneth W. Goodman, co-director of the Florida Bioethics Network and head of the University of Miami Bioethics Program..... said the legislation would create barriers for people who want to control the end of their lives.

It also "misjudges" the medical use of artificial nutrition and hydration tubes, which are intended to be used as a "bridge" when someone suffers a debilitating medical problem until they can get better, he said. Goodman said those devices are not intended to be permanent.

[Repub4bush]

FYI, Regardless of whether you like Hannity or not, he is going to do the first part of his show on this. He is also going to have Terri's brother live, and newt and I forgot who else is going to discuss this...If anyone is interested :)

[Selkie]

What I do feel most strongly about , is that Terri should not be dehydrated to death !!!

"Dehydration death"

Dehydration Nation "For more than ten years, conscious and unconscious cognitively disabled people who use feeding tubes have been legally dehydrated to death in the United States.

This intentional life-ending act—clamping feeding tubes and denying all sustenance—has become so ubiquitous that, generally, little attention is paid.

This public indifference was shattered by the Terri Schiavo litigation, an epic legal, political, and media struggle that pitted Terri’s parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, against her quasi-estranged husband, Michael Schiavo http://www.realnews247.com/latest_news_and_analysis_feb_2004b.htm

[ContraryMary]

No, it's just capped.

[conservativebabe]

I don't think it's shallow. You look at what a beautiful girl she was and ache for what has happened to her.

[Canadian Outrage]

I agree - May God Help the United States of America.

[international american]

That is an amazing story! How long did it take before you could communicate?

[cyborg]

This does not surprise me. The UN watched as hundreds of thousands of Africans were slaughtered in Rwanda. I am now sickened to tears but not surprised. Mikey karma can be a bitch, a BIG BITCH.

[1Old Pro]

the tube is out, according to Michael Schiavo's tart, Jodi Centonze

Was she smiling? Probably picking out her new big diamond ring they will buy with the life insurance.

[Skooz]

Tragic. Horrible. Incredible.

God help Terri. Our country won't.

[TheBattman]

From a previous report posted on FR, Michael Schiavo has spent the majority of the settlement money intended to support Terry and give her proper therapy on legal costs trying to kill her.