Politics
Friday February 25, 2005
Florida Governor Urges Schiavo Abuse Investigation
TODAY'S HEADLINES
E-MAIL
PRINT
CLEARWATER, Florida, February 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Florida Governor Jeb Bush has asked the court to delay the removal of Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube in order to conduct an investigation into allegations that her husband Michael Schiavo was physically abusive and is therefore unfit to be her legal guardian.
Attorneys for Florida’s Department of Children and Families asked the court, through the Schindler’s attorney, that the emergency stay be delayed. One woman shouted “Amen” when the attorney brought up the request during Wednesday's hearing before Pinellas County Circuit Judge George W. Greer, according to a Washington Post report.
“We have been complaining and complaining and complaining that Terri has been abused, and it's fallen on deaf ears,” Robert Schindler said afterwards.
“The governor and the legislature -- the politicians -- have tried to do an end run around the court system,” attorney for Michael Schiavo, euthanasia campaigner George Felos, claimed.
Felos claimed Bush and the Schindler’s are just trying to delay the inevitable, because the court already ruled to allow the feeding tube’s removal in 2000. Terri Schiavo's brain is “a giant black hole,” Felos said.
Meanwhile, Terri Schiavo’s parents, Robert and Mary Schindler, plan to conduct a twenty-four hour vigil at Woodside Hospice in St. Petersburg.
At least three on line petitions have circulated to encourage Gov. Bush to intervene in the case. One petition calls on Bush and the Florida legislature to enact a new law, the Florida Starvation and Dehydration of Persons with Disabilities Prevention Act, mandating, “courts rule in favor of lifesaving medical treatment unless a patient has stipulated in advance, in writing (such as a ‘living will’), before witnesses, that he or she does not wish such treatment,” according to a US News report.
See Wednesday’s LifeSiteNews.com coverage:
Schiavo Stay Extended Until Friday
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2005/feb/05022305.html
tv
Back to TopLatest Headlines
- "Manhattan Declaration" Embodies U.S. Christian Pushback against Abortion, Same-Sex "Marriage"
- Hoffman Loses Final Tally of NY-23 Race; Alleges ACORN Tampering and Fraud
- Abortion Activist Judge Hamilton Confirmed with Help of Ten Republican Senators
- CDC Reverses Gardasil Vaccine Requirement for Immigrants
- Germany Faces Economic Downturn with Plummeting Birth Rate and Aging Population
- CCHD in Archdiocese of Chicago Says it is Working to Fix Problems
- Rejection of Washington DC Marriage Referendum Challenged With Legal Suit
- Obama-Supporting Homosexual Activist to Out Sexually Involved Priests Unless they Support Gay 'Marriage
- Austrian Catholic Bishops Issue Bland Response to Govt's Homosexual Partnership Bill
- Interim Report on Catholic Sex-Abuse Says "Homosexual Identity" Not a Predictor of Sex Abuse
- LSN NewsBytes - US Health Care Reform
- LSN NewsBytes - Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD)
- LSN NewsBytes - Life Issues, Religion, Swine Flu, US Politics, Sarah Palin, Miscellaneous
- LSN NewsBytes - Climate Change/Global Warming
- 59 Bishops Contributed Financially to Maine Bishop's Effort to Oppose Maine Same-Sex "Marriage" Law
- Pro-Abortion Lawmakers Shower Praise on Senate Bill's Phony Abortion Compromise
Most Read this Week
- Largest U.S. Homosexual Publisher Shuts Down, Closing Major Gay Newspapers
- EWTN's Arroyo Hosts Reform CCHD Reps Who Reveal Shocking Evidence Against USCCB Anti-Poverty Arm
- Italian Mayors Order Crufixes Put in Classrooms in Revolt against European Court Ruling
- Nat'l Organization for Marriage Responds to Miss California "Sex Tape" Scandal
- Obama Evades Questioning on Stupak Amendment in FOX Interview
- French Judge Finds Hospital Guilty of "Unreasonable Obstinacy" in Saving Newborn's Life
- EU Leaders to Choose President today in Secret "Soviet Style" Meetings
- Hoffman "Unconcedes" Battle for NY-23: Recount Provides Hope for "Miracle" Victory
- CCHD Responds to Reform Movement
- "Manhattan Declaration" Embodies U.S. Christian Pushback against Abortion, Same-Sex "Marriage"
MORE NEWS: 
LifeSiteNews.com Home Page Last 10 Days Archives Special Reports
Copyright © LifeSiteNews.com. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivatives License. You may republish this article or portions of it without request provided the content is not altered and it is clearly attributed to "LifeSiteNews.com". Any website publishing of complete or large portions of original LifeSiteNews articles MUST additionally include a live link to www.LifeSiteNews.com. The link is not required for excerpts. Republishing of articles on LifeSiteNews.com from other sources as noted is subject to the conditions of those sources.