That is what's happening. And it's the Pinellas Sheriff's department that made it that way. They are acting as a warlord clan against another clan, and trying to legitimize it by chatting about "the court order" as if the court order overrides every other law and institution in the state. Or the country, for that matter.
Bush should have declared war on those SOB's right there. They're not just out of line, they are way OVER the line.
I think that it's just more evidence of something far deeper going on here than a fight over a court order. The Sheriff and his department keep popping up in the resume's of various people in this deal - Schiavo himself, Mrs. Schindler, Felos and his buddies in the hospice. Those deputies are holding the line for something else - like someone looking into the dark attic and finding the skeletons.
On many levels. Indeed.
Happy Easter! Death has been conquered! Life on earth is in for continuing rough times. I've read the book.
I imagine this has played into the decision not to intervene and allow this state sanctioned, cruel execution to take place. They don't want a shoot out at a Hospice , risking more people getting hurt. The pinellas park ,SS police have said they will not let the Marshall's take Terri.
It is wrong not to save her. It is wrong to let a helpless woman be starved/dehydrated to death because a euthanasia lawyer , corrupt judge, abusive HINO, have schemed (by denying tests, MRI, Pet Scan, swallow test, therapy,-inspite of settlement money for that purpose-that the judge allowed to go to euthanasia lawyers- and not allowing her to be filmed or photographed) to make it further their euthanasia agenda.
This is a stain on our nation.
I hope that some good will come out of it, that these laws will be changed regarding families rights, in a situation like this. I hope that the US congress will enforce the new law that allows judicial review at the federal level for these disputes. Since removal of a feeding tube will result in death, the person should at least have the same rights as someone on death row. A judge should NEVER be allowed to block evidence, by tests, or witnesses, when trying to determine a persons wishes. Or, perhaps a jury trial can be used to determine weather the person should have a feeding tube removed. Both sides can present evidence, let a jury decide, not a single judge.
There are so many laws that need to be reviewed. I find it outrageous, that this has been allowed to happen.
Terri's family (especially her mom, but all of them) are being forced to watch their daughter be slowly murdered by starvation/dehydration, right in front of them. They can't even put ice chips on her mouth. She looked so bad, with her skin drying out and bleeding from her eyes and mouth that her mother vomited and had to leave the room. There is nothing wrong with Terri, other than brain damage. She has been refused , by her adulterous conflicted interest husband, and one judge the ,right to live.
(I'm still waiting for someone to explain why Terri's money is all gone and she's on Medicaid, while her husband has a job, bought a house, cars, pays for his girlfriend and her kids, and while $300,000 plus dollars went to Felos to have her killed, and why Felos was on the board of directors of the hospice she is in, or why MS and Felos contributed to Greers reelection campaign, while he was hearing her case?
Last week Terri probably did not so much as have a common cold.She has no terminal illness, is not on any machines. Now, she is laying in a hospice bed, her body crying out for water, and her mother can't give her any. A police officer stands in the room to make sure that her mother can't give her any relief from her burning thirst and hunger.
(this is why it's murder- no one is allowed to feed her or give her water by mouth supposedly because she'll choke, but they are trying to kill her anyway. I wonder if the the doctor can be held liable for not allowing her to be fed by mouth, since his order now leads directly (because she has no feeding tube, or IV) to her death. It's against Florida law to withhold food and water from someone deliberately .Call this what it is-euthanasia. And euthanasia is against Florida law-grounds for a lawsuit. Michael Schiavo can't legally withhold food and water by mouth from Terri either- because then DCS can take her into custody for neglect. Keep the feeding tube out. But they'd have to give her an IV or at least fluids by mouth.
They can't legally prevent her from being fed and given water by mouth ( an MD orders NPO because a patient can't swallow, or for some other medical reason. )I don't think an MD can order nothing by mouth when the patient isn't being given sustenance any other way. The doctor is euthanising the patient by doing this, euthanasia is against the law in florida. The doctor can be sued. MS can't deny sustenance by mouth either, DCS can get him for neglect.
IT IS NOT TERRI'S WISH TO BE STARVED TO DEATH.
IT IS NOT TERRI'S WISH TO PUT HER FAMILY THROUGH THIS.
If governor Bush truly can't do anything, maybe he can still go visit Terri and tell them that sincerely, face to face. I can see where it might not be legal to do anything, bur no one can argue that this is wrong, and changes need to be made.