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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (675309)	3/15/2005 6:30:21 PM
From: PROLIFE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

does not tell the whole story...the largest rally has been ANTI -Syrian.

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (675309)	3/15/2005 11:59:48 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Fla. Bills to Keep Feeding Tube Move Ahead By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 11:37 p.m. ET TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Two bills that could block the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube later this week advanced in the state Legislature Tuesday. Committees from the House and Senate endorsed competing versions of the legislation as lawmakers rushed to prevent the removal of the severely brain-damaged woman's feeding tube Friday. Schiavo, 41, has been at the center of a long and bitter court battle between her parents and her husband, who wants to remove her feeding tube so she can die. Court-appointed doctors say Schiavo is in a persistent vegetative state. She did not leave any written instructions, but her husband, Michael Schiavo, contends she told him that she would not want to be kept alive artificially. Bob and Mary Schindler dispute that, and deny their daughter is in a vegetative state. The House bill would block doctors from denying food or water to someone in a persistent vegetative state, but would make exceptions for patients who left specific instructions. The Senate version would block the denial of food and water only in cases where family members disagreed on whether to maintain feeding. Then the patient would be kept alive unless he or she had expressed different wishes in writing. Both bills were expected to go before the full House and Senate on Thursday. In the House, committee Democrats complained that the Republicans were rushing the bill through for the benefit of one woman without making prudent modifications. ``We need to be able to talk long and hard about this,'' Democratic Rep. Shelley Vana said. ``I know that we're trying to meet a deadline, but we have to pass good legislation.'' GOP Rep. Aaron Bean argued the hope of saving a single life made the rush necessary. This is the second time the Legislature has tried to keep Schiavo alive. In 2003, lawmakers passed a bill that allowed Gov. Jeb Bush to order doctors to restore Schiavo's feeding tube. That law was struck down by the Florida Supreme Court. ------ On the Net: Florida Legislature: leg.state.fl.us