[Spiff]

"She's the only person who has been COURT ORDERED to have her tubes removed. Not 'The guardian MAY" but the guardian 'shall' remove her tubes."

I keep having to correct this. Judge Greer didn't order just the feeding tube to be removed, he ordered that ALL nutrition and hydration be ceased.

You can see the actual document HERE.

Here are the relevant portions:

ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the Motion for Emergency Stay filed on February 15, 2005 is DENIED. It is further

ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that absent a stay from the appellate courts, the guardian, MICHAEL SCHIAVO, shall cause the removal of nutrition and hydration from the ward, THERESA SCHIAVO, at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, March 18, 2005

DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers, at Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida, at 2:50 p.m. this 25 day of February, 2005.

SIGNED
GEORGE W. GREER
CIRCUIT JUDGE

This clearly is not the order for removal of "artificial life support" or even the removal of a feeding port - it is undeniably the order to starve Terri Schiavo to death. It is like ordering a plastic bag to be tightly tied over someone's head as their respirator is being unplugged - entirely denying them oxygen.

[Petronski]

It is like ordering a plastic bag to be tightly tied over someone's head as their respirator is being unplugged - entirely denying them oxygen.