Gov. Bush calls special session over Terri Schiavo

Firstcoastnews.com ^ | 10-20-03 | Cynthia Capers

[JulieRNR21]

TALLAHASSEE, FL -- According to a news release sent by the Terry Schindler-Schiavo Foundation, Florida Speaker Johnnie Byrd will introduce "Terri's Bill" during the special session Monday.

The bill would put an immediate moratorium on all dehydration and starvation deaths in Florida. Meanwhile, supporters of Terri Schiavo showed up Sunday outside a Pinellas Park hospice.

Doctors say Schiavo has been in a vegetative state since complications from a heart attack in 1990. Her husband was granted a court order that her feeding tube be removed, saying his wife wouldn't have wanted to be kept alive.

[Humidston]

CNN NOW!

[iowamomforfreedom]

Thanks, just caught it! I have given up on Fox. My tv's on CNN till further notice...

[PleaseNoMore]

CNN has picked this up for sure. I have seen it on about 4 or 5 times this AM. Pretty good coverage too.

[trussell]

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[Humidston]

They also asked for emails to Wolf@CNN.com.

(Ohhh how it chokes me to have to type that! :)

[iowamomforfreedom]

***UPDATE*** WGRZ-TV, NY - 6 minutes ago

PANEL APPROVES BILL TO LET BUSH INTERVENE IN SCHIAVO CASE

(Tallahassee, Florida-AP) -- Florida's legislature has taken another step toward letting Governor Jeb Bush intervene in the case of a comatose Florida woman.

A state Senate panel approved legislation today aimed at allowing Bush to order the woman's feeding tube be reinserted in defiance of a court order that allowed her husband to remove it.

The bill would give the governor 15 days to order that a feeding tube be reinserted into 39-year-old Terri Schiavo, who has been in a vegetative state since 1990.

Schiavo has been at the center of a court battle between her parents and her husband. The parents want to keep her alive -- but her husband says she would never have wanted to live this way.

Her feeding tube was removed last Wednesday. Doctors said she would die in a week to ten days without the tube.

The full Senate will vote on the measure tonight.

Terri Schiavo in a coma-like state for 12-years following a heart attack, photo on black

http://www.wgrz.com/storyfull.asp?id=17027

[Dante3]

Her life is at stake. Someone should start her feeding tube now so that not more damage is done. I read of others who after years in a coma have recovered.

[iowamomforfreedom]

"Her life is at stake. Someone should start her feeding tube now so that not more damage is done. I read of others who after years in a coma have recovered."

No argument from me. This is judicial misconduct at its worst.

[krunkygirl]

I did e-mail the CNN people--will even enlist the enemy to get Terri the help she needs...thanks for the address

[honeygrl]

maybe some of these ammendments are good. See this post for some info:

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I just talked to the office of the Senator who represents my district in South Florida, Skip Campbell. He is a dem. The lady I talked to was really nice and she agreed that it was horrible what had been done. She said the Senator voted to put it on the calendar today and has already added some ammendments to the bill. One of those would be dealing with guardian ad litum. She said that although she hasn't gotten a yes or no, she believes he is in vfavor of passing the bill. She also told me their e-mail has crashed, and that they are getting calls from Canada. Keep it up freepers.


112 posted on 10/21/2003 11:53 AM EDT by Armed Civilian ("Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue.")

[Dante3]

Yes, lets e-mail CNN. It can only help

[fourscore]

Forgive me if this has already been mentioned--I went directly to the last posts--but note that the AP has described Terri as "comatose." This is an outrage. I noticed this in my local paper this morning as well. The media are flat out EVIL. They twist everything to fit thier sick agenda.

Palestinian terrorists are described as fighters and Terri is described as comatose. What an outrage.

I have to admit that I was torn over this case. I have learned, however, to watch how the liberal media responds. Since they have decided to warp the facts against Terri, then there is NO doubt in my mind that it is the right thing to do to save her and they need to act FAST.

The same thing happened with Arnold here in California. I was not sure I would be able to vote for him--I was leaning towards McClintock--until the leftist rats in the media started to pound on him. Then, I knew we had to get behind Arnold.

I continue to offer prayers for Terri and her family.

[Humidston]

CNN LIVE NOW ON SITE!!

[fml]

--They also asked for emails to Wolf@CNN.com.

(Ohhh how it chokes me to have to type that! :) --



The enemy of your enemy is your friend.

[Humidston]

CNN just showed Michael - apparently sitting across the desk from his lawyer... Camera panned in on Michael's TWO GOLD BRACELETS and (what appeared to me) his manicured fingernails.

*BLECHH!*

[Humidston]

Call - 1-866-CNN-1010

[syriacus]

My daughter was listening to FM radio in the car this morning (sometime around 7). They were discussing Terri and one of the hosts kept saying, "Pull the plug," Pull the plug"

[iowamomforfreedom]

Yes, the erroneous use of the word "comatose" has most of us in a rage at the main-stream media. It's unfortunate that most people don't realize that half of what they read is either outright false or spin.