Terri Schiavo requested to testify. ( Good news! )

Drudge Report | 03/18/05 | Matt Drudge

[JeffMBattle]

Per front page of Drudge

**Exclusive Fri Mar 18 2005 00:50:07 ET** The Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pension (HELP) Committee, Mike Enzi (R-Wyoming) has requested Terri Schiavo to testify before his congressional committee, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. In so doing it triggers legal or statutory protections for the witness, among those protections is that nothing can be done to cause harm or death to this individual.

[the Deejay]

Just when I *thought* I couldn't be more put out with congress for holding hearings on the baseball druggies.....NOW THIS!!

ggggrrrrr........

[Hildy]

I've noticed that when it came time to pony up with some facts I stopped hearing from you. Not suprised.

[Howlin]

You are facinated with death, I pity you and your family members.

Too bad you don't have enough "compassion" to share for other people's views.

[diamond6]

Oh I feel like crying.. thank you God.

I have a question. Have the parents asked Terri if she wants to live, and if so, was this recorded. I think that testimony would be very powerful.

[Hildy]

What part of his facts are you disputing?

[bonfire]

Terry can't speak. How can she "testify"?

[Hildy]

TERRI CAN'T TALK.....YOU CAN ONLY BE RECORDED IF YOU CAN TALK. SHE IS BRAIN DEAD. What part of this don't you people understand?

[the Deejay]

See my post #751.

[kimmie7]

Then I am certain you will have the foresight to create a will and/orf living will. This situation is, for the most part and with the current laws, avoidable.

[LaineyDee]

Hey girl! Loooooooooooong time, no talk to! Isn't this WONDERFUL about Terri Shiavo? I have really got the rug burns on my knees for this one. Have a blessed day! :)

[Petronski]

How long was your examination, Doctor?

[mware]

SHE IS BRAIN DEAD.

Give the FMRI, that will determine what her brain state is. Oh I forgot Michael will NOT allow one. I wonder why????

[conservativebabe]

Thank You

[Tarantulas]

Please cite your sources on that. The only person I've found who ever said that was her husband. No one, not her parents, not her friends, no one else that I could find heard her say that.

Rather than make the decision himself, Michael followed a procedure permitted by Florida courts by which a surrogate such as Michael can petition a court, asking the court to act as the ward's surrogate and determine what the ward would decide to do. Michael did this, and based on statements Terri made to him and others, he took the position that Terri would not wish to continue life-prolonging measures. The Schindlers took the position that Terri would continue life-prolonging measures. Under this procedure, the trial court becomes the surrogate decision-maker, and that is what happened in this case.

The trial court in this case held a trial on the dispute. Both sides were given opportunities to present their views and the evidence supporting those views. Afterwards, the trial court determined that, even applying the "clear and convincing evidence" standard -- the highest burden of proof used in civil cases -- the evidence showed that Terri would not wish to continue life-prolonging measures.

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[Hildy]

What do you mean, "Your students?" I hope you mean homeschooling, because if you don't, you should not be teaching.

[FreedomHasACost]

According to another thread last night Frist said on the floor that she had never had a MRI done. THAT would be irresponsible to the extreme.

[Rutles4Ever]

Oh boy. Let's kill the dead and dumb now, too. They're useless since they have no voice...

[Zavien Doombringer]

I do have compassion for other's views.

Just like we all have compassion for the trolls and thier views on these threads

[BJClinton]

Dude, leave me out of these Shiavo threads, they suck.

[watchdog_writer]

< i>You have a problem with us fighting for all Americans - healthy, weak, poor?

Sorry I should have followed my comment with this: "sarcasm"