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To: FairOpinion
Florida Statutes 765.101 Definitions.--As used in this chapter:

(10) "Life-prolonging procedure" means any medical procedure, treatment, or intervention, including artificially provided sustenance and hydration, which sustains, restores, or supplants a spontaneous vital function. The term does not include the administration of medication or performance of medical procedure, when such medication or procedure is deemed necessary to provide comfort care or to alleviate pain.

372 posted on 04/01/2005 10:43:57 PM PST by Destro (Know your enemy! Help fight Islamic terrorism by visiting johnathangaltfilms.com and jihadwatch.org)
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To: Destro

Is this righteous before God?


376 posted on 04/01/2005 10:45:28 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (No wonder the Southern Baptist Church threw Greer out: Only one god per church! [Ann Coulter])
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To: Destro
The point is that Greer didn't just order the removal of "artificially provided sustenance and hydration" -- he ordered removal of any and all nutrition and hydration.

I finally did find the link to Judge Greer's order

"ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that absent a stay from the appellate courts, the guardian, MICHAEL SCHIAVO, shall cause the removal of nutrition and hydration from the ward, THERESA SCHIAVO, at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, March 18, 2005"

387 posted on 04/01/2005 10:49:02 PM PST by FairOpinion
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