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WASHINGTON — House lawyers are on their way to Florida to issue subpoenas to several individuals involved in the case of a severely brain-damaged woman who was scheduled to have her feeding tube removed at 1 p.m. EST Friday.

Meanwhile, police in Pinellas Park, Fla., were preparing for the hundreds of protesters expected to show up outside the hospice of the woman, Terri Schiavo (search), whose case has received national attention.

FOX News has learned that the counsel for the House Government Reform Committee (search) issued subpoenas to Schiavo's husband, Michael, her parents, the hospice administrator and the patient's attending physician. FOX News has also obtained copies of the subpoenas.

That commmittee has scheduled a hearing on Friday, March 25, to hear from these individuals. In addition to the testimony, the subpoenas require that Schiavo's feeding tube remain.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,150797,00.html

RESPOND TO EDITOR E-MAIL STORY PRINTER FRIENDLY FOXFAN CENTRAL House Delivering Subpoenas in Schiavo Case Friday, March 18, 2005 PHOTOS VIDEO Click image to enlarge STORIES •Court Refuses to Block Schiavo Tube Removal•Michael Schiavo Blasts Jeb Bush•House, Senate Clash Over Terri Schiavo•Judge: Agency Cannot Delay Schiavo Case•Fla. Lawmakers Act on Schiavo's Behalf•Schiavo's Parents Push for New Rulings•Schiavo's Parents Ask Judge to OK Divorce WASHINGTON — House lawyers are on their way to Florida to issue subpoenas to several individuals involved in the case of a severely brain-damaged woman who was scheduled to have her feeding tube removed at 1 p.m. EST Friday. Meanwhile, police in Pinellas Park, Fla., were preparing for the hundreds of protesters expected to show up outside the hospice of the woman, Terri Schiavo (search), whose case has received national attention. FOX News has learned that the counsel for the House Government Reform Committee (search) issued subpoenas to Schiavo's husband, Michael, her parents, the hospice administrator and the patient's attending physician. FOX News has also obtained copies of the subpoenas. That commmittee has scheduled a hearing on Friday, March 25, to hear from these individuals. In addition to the testimony, the subpoenas require that Schiavo's feeding tube remain. An attorney for Schiavo's parents also said he would ask a federal judge in Tampa to block the removal and review the actions of state courts. Such habeas corpus appeals seek to require the government to justify its actions.

"We are going to ask him to issue a stay because in this case, state action would be used to end the life of an innocent, disabled woman," the attorney, David Gibbs said.

That says it all nicmarlo.

Thanks for the link.

I hope those subpoenas carry an implied threat of punishment, severe enough to give Schiavo and his goons second thoughts about ignoring them.

But I'd feel a lot better if I knew there was some real force behind the subpoenas!

Does anybody know if there might be federal marshals, or some other kind of actual protective force, sent to Florida to keep the ghouls from starting the killing process today?