This is excerpted from Abby Goodenough and Liptak in the NYET three years ago today.
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Judge Greer did not rule on the state's request immediately, but he granted a request from Ms. Schiavo's husband, Michael, to bar the state's Department of Children and Families from taking custody of her, from removing her from the hospice where she has gone six days without her feeding tube and from providing her with nutrition or hydration.
George Felos, the lawyer for Michael Schiavo, who had sought to end life support for his brain-damaged wife, said he had heard "credible" rumors that state officials planned to send doctors to the hospice to give Ms. Schiavo intravenous fluids.
Judge Greer also directed state sheriffs to take whatever actions were necessary to enforce the order, which came toward the end of another breathlessly paced day in the case.....................
Courts Say No; Governor Bush in Schiavo Bid
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Benedict sets the stage for his presentation by reminding us that death is not an end, “but indeed a new birth and a renewed existence offered by the Risen One.”
Benedict then states: “The Lord of life is present beside the Sick person as the One who lives and gives life, the One who said: 'I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly' (John 10: 10) 'I am the Resurrection and the life; he who believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live' (John 11: 25), and 'I will raise him up on the last day' (John 6: 54)”.............
The Pope Recognizes that the Only Real Alternative to Euthanasia is to Love One Another
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