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Yes I did


4,661 posted on 03/27/2005 10:34:12 AM PST by sfimom (AP 'Decisions to end feedings for patients goes on all the time' (Does this make it OK???))
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I haven't seen the American press mention this. Only that the Schindlers want to go home period.





Sunday, 27 March, 2005, 18:14 GMT 19:14 UK
Schiavo supporters urged to stay

Supporters of Terri Schiavo's parents pray outside her hospice
The family of a brain-damaged US woman at the centre of a bitter legal battle has urged people to continue a vigil outside her Florida hospice.
Terri Schiavo, 41, has been without food or water for a week, after courts agreed she should be allowed to die and her feeding tube was removed.

Saturday saw the Florida Supreme Court reject an emergency appeal from her parents to keep her alive.

Without nourishment, she is expected to die within the next few days.

The Schindlers, who are practicing Roman Catholics, have attracted support from conservative Christians and right-to-life activists.

Dozens of people have maintained a vigil in front of the hospice in Pinellas Park in recent days. The crowd increased to several hundred on Saturday.

TERRI SCHIAVO CASE
Feb 1990: Mrs Schiavo collapses
May 1998: Mr Schiavo files petition to remove feeding tube, triggering legal battle
Oct 2003: Florida's lower house passes "Terri's Law", allowing governor to order doctors to feed Mrs Schiavo
Sept 2004: Florida Supreme Court strikes down law
18 Mar 2005: Florida court allows removal of tube
22 Mar 2005: Federal judge turns down parents' appeal
23 Mar 2005: Appeals court backs federal ruling
25 Mar 2005: Federal judge rejects parents' second appeal
26 Mar 2005: Florida state judge rejects parents' appeal; judgement upheld by Florida Supreme Court


Timeline: Terri Schiavo case

Mrs Schiavo's father, Bob Schindler, had told them to go home and celebrate Easter Sunday with their families.

But in a statement issued by a family spokesman, Gary McCullough, he urged them to return to the hospice afterwards.

"We want people to continue to be here with Terri, and with us," he said.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4386577.stm





4,662 posted on 03/27/2005 10:39:29 AM PST by bjs1779 (I fed Terri small mouthfuls of Jello, which she swallowed and enjoyed immensely" Cna H.Law 1997)
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