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.

[countrydummy]

Bill O'Reilly has a poll up now that I am taking he will give results at the end of the show.....

Should Terri's tube be reinserted:

Yes
No

Here is the link, takes a few to load middle of page right hand side!

http://www.BILLOREILLY.com

[floriduh voter]

KEEP PRAYING... We are not done yet. Ragtime Cowgirl please freepmail me STAT. I'll then be in touch with you once I get home.

[oreolady]

The Glory betto our God,
But after that, it all comes down to one sentence:

In America, is it legal for ANY ONE PERSON to have the power to declare life or death over anyone else?
(Just on their word?)

It seems to me, that is why we have a republic, so that one person cannot declcare a law.

[johnb838]

If you're the type that doesn't believe in immunizing yoour children, then I have nothing to say to you.

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

Thank you. Your attitude and statements surely reflect positively on the pro-life movement. You win a legislative victory to save a human and then wish violence and ill on another. Do you also advocate the assasination of abortionists? If not, why not?

[SaucyCranberry]

Prayers for another miracle today for Terri.

[Rebelgrrl]

You sound just like mom!!



Thanks, sis! LOL

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

You, my friend, you. Are you a Texan or what? Sure, I could use force to establish my rights over my children. Even though I might meet the same fate as the Weavers. Under that same logic, it would appear that Michael would be justified to use all means necessary to prevent the state from exercising his rights as a spouse.

By the way, would you mount the same effort and expend the same energy to defend my parental rights as you have expended in defense of this poor woman?

[pc93]

Michael Schiavo needs to ___________ ___________ . Fill in the blanks.

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

If you're the type that doesn't believe in immunizing yoour children, then I have nothing to say to you What kind of "type" is that? I have a cousin with an autistic child. There is a great deal of evidence linking autism to certain immunizations. If my wife and I have another child, should we not have the right to make the decision of what we feel is best for our child? Or do you and your other so-called conservative cohorts believe that it is the role of the state to override my parental authority?

[Gelato]

Someone clue me in...Is there some definition of "vegetative state" the press keeps using that I'm missing??!

The press is simply perpetuating the lie by Michael Schiavo's lawyers and the courts that Terri is in a Persistent Vegetative State.

Some media outlets are now starting to change their reports to "brain-damaged" and "near vegetative state."

[floriduh voter]

UPDATE FROM TERRI'S VIGIL SITE ON LOCATION... by floriduh voter and drk4the1: TERRI IS NOT BEING RE-HYDRATED AT MORTON PLANT HOSPITAL IN CLEARWATER, FL. The Governor's Office is under the impression and reporting that the procedure started at 7:07 pm. While it's being reported to the family attorney that she is not going to receive anything. A telephonic hearing is scheduled to begin at 8:30 pm est with Judge Douglas Baird re: Michael Schiavo's suit against Gov. Bush and his executive order of today. Additionally, Michael S. is disputing his removal as Terri's legal guardian. Anything helpful appreciated. Contact floriduh voter or the drk screen name. We are outside fighting the mosquitoes. H E L P !!!!!

[floriduh voter]

UPDATE FROM TERRI'S VIGIL SITE ON LOCATION... by floriduh voter and drk4the1: TERRI IS NOT BEING RE-HYDRATED AT MORTON PLANT HOSPITAL IN CLEARWATER, FL. The Governor's Office is under the impression and reporting that the procedure started at 7:07 pm. While it's being reported to the family attorney that she is not going to receive anything. A telephonic hearing is scheduled to begin at 8:30 pm est with Judge Douglas Baird re: Michael Schiavo's suit against Gov. Bush and his executive order of today. Additionally, Michael S. is disputing his removal as Terri's legal guardian. Anything helpful appreciated. Contact floriduh voter or the drk screen name. We are outside fighting the mosquitoes. H E L P !!!!!

[beachlover]

You know---that is funny...FL actually doesn't have a recall. I thought Jim King was a "Christian" yet he is not wanting to pass this. HOWEVER---I heard tonite through the Family Research Council that the Senate passed it.

[floriduh voter]

UPDATE FROM TERRI'S VIGIL SITE ON LOCATION... by floriduh voter and drk4the1: TERRI IS NOT BEING RE-HYDRATED AT MORTON PLANT HOSPITAL IN CLEARWATER, FL. The Governor's Office is under the impression and reporting that the procedure started at 7:07 pm. While it's being reported to the family attorney that she is not going to receive anything. A telephonic hearing is scheduled to begin at 8:30 pm est with Judge Douglas Baird re: Michael Schiavo's suit against Gov. Bush and his executive order of today. Additionally, Michael S. is disputing his removal as Terri's legal guardian. Anything helpful appreciated. Contact floriduh voter or the drk screen name. We are outside fighting the mosquitoes. H E L P !!!!!

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

In America, is it legal for ANY ONE PERSON to have the power to declare life or death over anyone else? (Just on their word?)

Sure it is and millions of women have been allowed to legally exercise that power for many years as a result of Roe v. Wade.

[HiTech RedNeck]

DISGUSTING. Bush ought to have the State Troopers plop Terri in an ambulance if necessary to get this going.

[Ohioan from Florida]

If your children were in a life or death situation, you betcha!

[Lovergirl]

SHIT,SHIT SHIT. What is going on?

[MarMema]

Thank you FV and what can we do to help?