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To: zonder who wrote (16064)	3/22/2005 11:33:37 AM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20773

This is a personal family matter and it is up to the husband and the state courts. Our country can NOT afford to keep everyone in Terry Schiavo's condition alive...The husband will not gain financially from Terry's death -- this was explored thoroughly on Nightline and on Larry King Live. Isn't it ironic that when Bush was governor of Texas he signed a law that currently allows hospitals to remove the feeding tubes from the poor and indigent after a certain period of time...? Congress and Bush are not too consistent when they talk about "right to life". I believe these tough decisions are personal family matters and if there is no living will then it should be decided by the state courts -- keep the Federal Government out of our lives as much as possible...that used to the GOP's mantra (before they took over control of the Federal Government). -s2@BushAndRoveAreOnlyActingToAppealToTheRightWingPoliticalBase.com

To: zonder who wrote (16064)	3/22/2005 11:39:11 AM
From: Suma	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

Do you realize that he turned down money ? The rumors out there are now that he strangled her. It's amazing how false accusations are being concocted to discredit this man. He took a nursing course when this first happened to be able to assist in her care. He has always stood by her but he has a life too. From personal experiences with dying parents and friends, no one is left to die without the aid of a drug such as morphine to assist in the exit. Please be assured that no matter what happens TS will not be left in pain. She is in Hospice care..and organization that is very compassionate. There will be no suffering. Anymore than you suffer when you undergo surgery. The concept of pain and suffering is being conjured up as well as the lies about the husband to assist in the effort to discredit. Please check the facts. The husband's former lawyer was on the radio last night, talking about the case dating back to 1996.. He said if anyone was after money it was the parents. That the husband turned down all funds. He has been a stalwart and does not deserve the threats on his life and maligning .

To: zonder who wrote (16064)	3/22/2005 5:23:44 PM
From: Bucky Katt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

WASHINGTON -- As Texas governor, George W. Bush signed a law that allows hospitals to pull the plug on critically ill patients despite family objections - the kind of court-authorized move the president and fellow Republicans are challenging in the Terri Schiavo case. Just last Tuesday, the Texas law resulted in what some call a U.S. first, when a Houston hospital cut off life support for a badly deformed 6-month-old baby after his mother lost a court challenge. The baby died almost immediately. Democrats and even some medical ethicists are citing the 1999 Texas law to charge that Bush's position in the Schiavo case is hypocritical compared to the stance he took as governor. "The Texas statute that Bush signed authorized the ending of the life, even over the parents' protest. And what he's doing here is saying, 'The parents are protesting. You shouldn't stop ,'" said John Paris, a noted medical ethicist at Boston College. A hospital association lawyer who helped draft the Texas law said it would have allowed for the removal of Schiavo's feeding tube if all legal challenges had been exhausted because the Texas law would make her husband the primary decisionmaker. The White House said yesterday that Bush's position is consistent, and that the Texas bill focused on expanding the rights of the critically ill and their families to prevent hospitals and doctors from denying life-saving treatment. Bush spokesman Scott McClellan told reporters that Bush vetoed 1997 legislation that would have put into law Texas hospital policies that gave families virtually no protections and as little as 72 hours to find alternate care after a hospital decided to stop treatment. Under the 1999 law, another White House official said, Bush expanded that time to 10 days and authorized family members to seek extensions in court but acknowledge that if the challenges fell short, "under the legislation, the hospital still could authorize the end of life." In Texas, Bush's position also had the backing of Texas Right to Life, whose national headquarters, along with other Christian conservatives that make up a key part of the Republican base, has taken up the fight to prolong Schiavo's life. chicagotribune.com