Fed Appeals Court Grant Terri's Parents Petition for Rehearing

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FEDERAL APPEALS COURT WILL LET TERRI'S PARENTS FILE A PETITION FOR REHEARING FOR AN INJUNCTION TO REINSERT FEEDING TUBE... BREAKING

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Moderator update:

Court Says Yes To Schiavo Parents

March 30, 2005

(CBS/AP) A federal appeals court early Wednesday granted Terri Schiavo's parents the right to file a petition for rehearing for an injunction that could allow their daughter's feeding tube to be reconnected.

The ruling came just after midnight from a federal appeals court in Atlanta.

On Tuesday, Schiavo's 12th full day without food or water, the Rev. Jesse Jackson prayed with her parents and joined conservatives in calling for state lawmakers to order her feeding tube reinserted.

The former Democratic presidential candidate was invited by Schiavo's parents to meet with activists outside Schiavo's hospice. His arrival was greeted by some applause and cries of "This is about civil rights!"

"I feel so passionate about this injustice being done, how unnecessary it is to deny her a feeding tube, water, not even ice to be used for her parched lips," he said. "This is a moral issue and it transcends politics and family disputes."

As the Schiavo deathwatch drags on, CBS News Correspondent Mark Strassmann spoke with two families who grappled with the same issues as the Schindlers and Michael Schiavo. On one side are Dorothy and Michael Brocato, who have provided care for their brain-damaged daughter Lisa, who suffered brain damage from a heart attack 15 years ago.

"We have devoted our lives to taking care of Lisa, says her mother. The Brocatos are sympathetic to the Schindler's wish to keep Terri Schiavo alive

"I love her. I love her. I couldn't picture not having her around me,'' says Dorothy Brocato.

Ron Oister has watched the Schiavo drama play out from a very different perspective. When Oister's father was essentially brain-dead, his son's wrenching decision was to let his father go.

"It was very hard,'' Oister told Strassmann. "That was my father. And he was in front of me. And I knew he could never return to what he had been."

Oister says Schiavo's parents helped create this needless public spectacle because they refused to face their hard reality.

"She died then, not now. My own experience would say that one ends life at that time."

Jesse Jackson's visit provided an emotional boost to Schiavo's parents and siblings, who have maintained that Schiavo would want to be kept alive. Her husband, Michael Schiavo, insists he is carrying out her wishes by having the feeding tube pulled.

Mary Schindler, Terri Schiavo's mother, later made a terse but emotional appeal to Michael Schiavo: "Michael and Jodi, you have your own children. Please, please give my child back to me." Michael Schiavo and fiancee Jodi Centonze have two children, born long after Terri Schiavo fell into paralysis.

Although supporters of the Schindlers have claimed the dehydrated woman is being denied comfort measures such as ice chips for her dry mouth or balm for chapped lips, George Felos, the husband's attorney, defended how Schiavo is being cared for.

"Obviously, the parents and the siblings are desperate. Desperation may lead to different perceptions," Felos told CNN. "I can only tell you what I've seen, and Terri is dying a very peaceful, cared-for death." Felos did not return phone messages seeking comment from The Associated Press.

Jackson said he asked Michael Schiavo for permission to see the brain-damaged woman but was denied. He also telephoned black legislators in a last-ditch effort to bring back a bill that would prohibit severely brain-damaged patients from being denied food and water if they didn't express their wishes in writing. Lawmakers rejected the legislation earlier this month and appeared unlikely to reconsider it.

One of those contacted by Jackson, Democratic state Sen. Gary Siplin, said he told Jackson the issue had been "thoroughly discussed." Senate Democratic leader Les Miller added, "I have voted. It's time to move on."

The chief sponsor of the measure, state Sen. Daniel Webster, said he knew of no changed votes and that Jackson's efforts may have come too late.

"If he could sway votes — and I'm certain he may be able to — it would have been helpful if he had done that a little earlier" said Webster, a Republican. "We're running out of time. To do it now is not as timely as a couple of weeks ago would have been."

Bob Schindler described his daughter as "failing" following his visit Tuesday.

"She still looks pretty darn good under the circumstances," Schindler said. "You can see the impact of no food and water for 12 days. Her bodily functions are still working. We still have her."

First lady Laura Bush also commented on the case Tuesday, saying the government was right to have intervened on behalf of Schiavo.

"It is a life issue that really does require government to be involved," Bush said aboard a plane bound for Afghanistan, where she was to promote education and women's rights.

During Jackson's visit, a man was tackled to the ground by officers when he tried to storm into the hospice, police said. He became the 47th protester arrested since the feeding tube was removed March 18. The man had two bottles of water with him but did not reach the hospice door, police said.

Doctors have said Terri Schiavo, 41, would probably die within a week or two of the tube being removed. She suffered catastrophic brain damage in 1990 when her heart stopped for several minutes because of a chemical imbalance apparently brought on by an eating disorder.

The parents also lost another round in the courts Tuesday when an appeals court upheld a pervious ruling by Judge George Greer that blocked the Department of Children and Families from intervening in the case.




Court Says Yes To Schiavo Parents

[drlevy88]

That's Muddywater.

[CaptainJustice]

Yeah, everybody that publishes stories about the hypocrisy and irrationality of the Terri Cult is a lying magazine. It's all a giant conspiracy against the Second Coming of the Virgin Mary, right?

This whole Terri ordeal is embarrassing and I can't stand how ghoulish and insane this makes conservatives look. Many of the Terri Cultists are at MoveOn.org levels of insanity.

I feel for the family and I'm sorry that a woman might die in an unethical or at least suspicious way, but for God's sake, get some perspective. It's not Auschwitz, it's not Slavery, it's not the Purge, it's a custody dispute settled by a court of law.

I can't even stand to come to this site anymore because of the fanatic unreasonableness of the Terri Cult. It's nauseating.

[windchime]

"My feeling is she is still alive. We need to keep trying," Santorum said. "This is about trying to do the right thing for a woman we believe has been wronged by the system."


Thanks for posting, TexKat! Good info.

[CitizenM]

LOL...I separated it for emphasis ;)

[Jaysun]

Father, thank you for this blessing. They need to give her an IV drip first - never mind the feeding tube. They could give her TPN (Total Parental Nutrition) through an IV, and rehydrate her immediately...

Blessed is he who has regard for the weak; the Lord delivers him in times of trouble. (Psalm 41:1)

You're right, an IV drip. I don't see why they couldn't do both at the same time.

[mjtobias]

Christine Marriott , accompanied by her dog Kiska, talks with reporters after arriving at the hospice where the brain damaged Terri Schiavo is being cared for in Pinellas Park, Florida March 30, 2005. Marriott left her home to come to the hospice upon hearing news of the Federal courts decision. The parents of brain-damaged Florida woman Schiavo renewed a request for a hearing before a full appeals court in their fight to have their daughter's feeding tube reinserted, CNN reported on Wednesday. REUTERS/Scott Audette

[drlevy88]

You quoted Out on Terri's son. They are craven liars and distorters like you.

[drlevy88]

You quoted Out on Terry's son. They are craven liars and distorters like you.

[CyberAnt]

I'm also very excited - trying not to get too hyped - but praying this time something will be done for Terri and not her husband.

[snarkytart]

Oh goodness!! Just heard the news on thr radio.
What do you think about what the 11th ruled tonght,just more nonsense or is there a real chance here??

TIME IS RUNNING OUT

[Petronski]

They've agreed to consider the appeal. Any chance Terri has is small, but there is a real chance....as long as she holds on.

[drlevy88]

It's more than a "custody dispute" buster. It's about a court ordered execution. When you say "ghoulish" you project from your own spirit.

[carl in alaska]

If they don't give her hydration by IV immediatly then this is another judicial farce. Her kidneys are probably very close to failing after such a long time without water. The Federal courts are an absolute national disgrace. The first judge should have ordered her to be rehydrated and fed immediately while the case is litigated. What the hell is wrong with these federal judges, not to mention Greer in Pinnelas County? These judges have lost their minds. They are out of control with no congressional supervision.

[Petronski]

I can't even stand to come to this site anymore because of the fanatic unreasonableness of the Terri Cult.

Tough noogies.

[Catholic Tider]

Very late to the thread. What does this mean? Will they feed the prescious girl now?

[Fred Nerks]

I share your feelings, I am in Australia trying to hear ambulance sirens. I want Terri out of that hospice - there'll be no sleep for me tonight.

[Joanna Najfeld]

What I want to know is WHEN does the tube go in? Oh, please, God, let it be real!

[snarkytart]

I have to be up at in four hours!!

I hope this court would not agree to consider the petition if it were not a serious.

I do not think anyone has the guts to order the tube reinserted!!

SAD!