"Could you show me the Florida statute that says a feeding tube is life support? Because Felos was using this case as a test case to change Florida law."
Felos, and the entire Michael Schiavo team, and many of the legal defenders of his position are part of the Hemlock Society and the Kevorkian wing of the Democrat party. Their objective is to legitimize, then legalize EUTHANASIA.
Christopher Hitchens is one of the more repulsive advocates against Terri. His despicable rantings on Joe Scarborough's panel ,against Pat Buchanan,
& (surprise!)David Boise and the Catholic Church were pure evil. Pat's response that the Catholic Church didn't have the moral authority of, say, his idol, Trotsky, shut Hitchens up. Go Pat Go!
"Felos, and the entire Michael Schiavo team, and many of the legal defenders of his position are part of the Hemlock Society and the Kevorkian wing of the Democrat party."
If we want to go the conflict of interest path...then lets not forget that Felos donated to Judge Greer's last election campaign and is on the board of directors for the Hospice where Michael is keeping Terri.
What Greer is doing and all the courts have ignored is denying her the opportunity to have food or water by mouth. That is euthanasia and is not permitted under Florida law. Whether she could take water or not is immaterial and in any case we don't know what would happen, at least it would give her a chance and she has none right now. On this order at least the Shindler's have the law on their side -- giving water by mouth is not in any shape, fashion or form artificial lilfe support as mentioned in the Florida statute. Any outcome of a trial of drinking, even death by choking, is preferable to what is going on now.
What I cannot figure out is why Jeb Bush and her parents are so focused on getting the feeding tube back in when it is clear that this will not happen when this other clearly illegal order by Greer is alpparently going unchallenged.
This excerpt is from a blog I found at:
http://amatha.blogspot.com/2005_02_01_amatha_archive.html
"If it is [the feeding tube is removed], she will begin a long, slow, painful process of death by starvation and dehydration. In fact, not long ago, Nurse Cheryl Ford–who took care of Terri at Woodside Hospice in Tampa, Florida—found an “Exit Protocol” in Terri’s file. This “Exit Protocol” is a recipe for how to kill someone by starvation and dehydration, and then manage their symptoms while they slowly die. For instance, the nurses will put lip balm on Terri because her lips will crack, peel, and bleed from the dehydration. They’ll use body lotion because Terri’s skin will begin to break down and show signs of flaking, drying, cracking, or being parched. They’ll put a “scopolamine patch” behind her ear to enhance the drying up of saliva and other secretions. “Chux pads” will need to be used—and changed quite often because of incontinence of Terri’s bowels and bladder. When Terri begins to writhe in pain (multifocal myoclonus) and she becomes agitated from metabolic changes and electrolyte imbalances due to no fluids or nutrition, the attending staff will have to give her 5 to 10 mg of Valium (diazepam)—rectally—every 4 hours. If Terri experiences a Grand Mal seizure, they’ll give her 15 mg of Valium immediately, and then as needed thereafter. When her body shows signs of an inability to breathe by gasping for air (dyspnea), they will immediately give Terri 2 to 4 mg of morphine every 4 hours. And all of this will go on for 7 to 10 days… Until Terri’s DEAD!" --dated Tuesday 22 February