Posted on 03/23/2005 2:34:59 PM PST by gopwinsin04
State officials say they are considering removing Terri Schiavo from hospice, by force if necessary, despite numerous court orders upholding the removal of the artificial nutrition tube that has kept her alive for 15 years.
Lucy Hadl, secretary of the Department of Children and Families, said Wednesday morning that her staff is relying on a state law that gives the department the authority to intervene on behalf of a vulnerable adult who is 'suffering from abuse or neglect that presents a risk of death or serious physical injury.'
Hadl said that the DCF would have to file a petition in order to remove Schiavo, but that 'it doesn't mean we'd have to have judicial approval in advance of taking the action if we believed it met the threshold for doing it.'
Hadl said that seven years of court rulings backing Schiavo's husband Michael, in his contention that Terri Schiavo did not wish to be kept alive artificially would not stop the DCF from taking action.
'We're not compelled to look at prior judicial proceedings,' Hadl said.
What we are compelled to look at is the presenting circumstances and any allegiations of abuse and neglect that we have recieved. So we have to deal with those and fufill out statutory responsibility.'
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Another troll
I saw a little bit of Guv Jeb's press conference this afternoon. He's looking very thin to me. I hope he's ok.
Why file criminal charges? The case will be tried by the "evil judiciary". If the 11th circuit had ruled against the state courts everyone would have been happy. Do you think that Congress actually thought this would happen? You have all been played by Washington politicians. They knew that there was no way that the federal courts would come in and overule the state courts on this issue. It never made any sense.
Man the barricades if you must, but I wonder how many people on this site would like their spouse or themselves to "live" for 30 or 40 years in the condition of Terri Schiavo. I hope that the people who know and love me as I am would know that there is no way I would like to be kept like a house plant just to say I'm alive. We have turned this woman's life into an icon, a golden calf. May her soul rest in piece!
It already has that kind of power. Hence Bush considering its use. People are simply asking the agency to apply its power in Terri's case.
You joined this past week to make pro-death remarks?
Perhaps they should make hemlock the state plant.
This is not what you want. This is not what the agency is there for. Just remember when the libs turn around and start sending in govenment agencies for their moral reasons. Just remember.
Good for you! AND, how right your are! Satan IS loose in Florida, and especially in Pinnellas County!
Anyone whos not in full agreement with youre views is a TROLL? Thats not fair
>>You joined this past week to make pro-death remarks<<
As well as anti-Iraq remarks. That's why I said we have another troll.
I just wish they would do something - set a prescedent - when it is all over - the corruption would be wide open.
I joined this week because this story is intresting and I read and listein to both sides(imagine that)
"It is my earnest prayer that CRIMINAL CHARGES ARE FILED AGAINST MICHEAL, FELOS, AND GREER, MCCABE, Sheriff Rice - now Representative Rice, AG Crist, and a HOST OF OTHERS!"
AGREED. AMEN. May God's own Angels put the evildoers to flight. May the stone they sought to roll on an innocent one roll back on them. May this day be a day of reckoning for many, may many realize the lies and agenda of the MSM and the Left here and on other issues. Amen.
HA HA HA.. What a joke.. A simple 911 call, around my area, reporting child or elder abuse would scramble them and a dozen police units..
Yes, Greer cannot deny a lawful statute being carried out.
I'm with you on both points.
Pinellas County is the "Vatican City" of Scientology. You can be damn sure Satan is loose down there.
People that think its ok to use hearsay to murder an innocent woman are indeed trolls!
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