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  • Federal Intervention in Schiavo Case Promts Broad Public Disapproval

    03/21/2005 10:30:31 AM PST · by nyg4168 · 357 replies · 6,581+ views
    ABC News ^ | 3/21/05
    Americans broadly and strongly disapprove of federal intervention in the Terri Schiavo case, with sizeable majorities saying Congress is overstepping its bounds for political gain. The public, by 63-28 percent, supports the removal of Schiavo's feeding tube, and by a 25-point margin opposes a law mandating federal review of her case. Congress passed such legislation and George W. Bush signed it Monday. That legislative action is dintinctly unpopular. Not only do 60 percent oppose it, more, 70 percent, call it inappropriate for Congress to get involved in this way. And by a lopsided 67-19 percent most think the elected officials...