U.S. House OKs Bill to Delay Schiavo Case

[Kadie]

U.S. House OKs Bill to Delay Schiavo Case
By JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer

Wednesday, March 16, 2005


(03-16) 21:25 PST WASHINGTON (AP) --


The House passed legislation late Wednesday intended to delay the removal of the feeding tube keeping alive a brain-damaged woman whose husband has been given permission by a state court to allow her to die.


Earlier in the day, a Florida appeals court refused to block the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. For years her husband has battled her parents over his efforts to allow her to die, which he contends she would prefer rather than live in a vegetative state.


The House bill, passed on a voice vote, would move such a case to federal court. Federal judges have twice turned down efforts by the parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, to move the case out of Florida courts, citing a lack of jurisdiction.


Senate Republicans are introducing a separate bill to give Schiavo and her family standing in federal court, and they hope it can be debated on Thursday, a GOP aide said.

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[sonicx]

1. so...how about that 45 million without health care?

they aren't an emergency?

[Warpy]

7. no, the right wing only cares about fetuses and corpses on life support

or didn't you know that? Actual living, breathing human beings in pain don't interest them in the slightest.

[saigon68]

11. That's because Actual living, breathing human are lazy and unbelieving

Unless they have been saved or born again.

The Bush Criminals and their allies are beyond the pale. They will do anything to whip up the sheep.

[Lindacooks]

2. Meanwhile, how many kids have died because of

lack of health care, poor housing, cars that lack safety features, and pollution? Etc. etc. etc.

Glad to see the House has its priorities straight. After all, one woman whose brain has basically liquified certainly is more important than all those pesky pressing issues; take all the time you want, boys. </sarcasm>

[ashmanonar]

looks like the house has nothign better to do.

:eyes:

jeezus h christ, what the fuck is wrong with people? besides, does the house have any voice in the matter at all? i thought the case has to come before the supremes, not the house.

[Dookus]

3. Hopefully the senate

will slow this down.

[Old and In the Way]

4. Isn't that special.

Republicans care about a clinically dead person....too bad they don't give a rat's ass about the 300MM who are actually alive.

[hiley]

5. Jeez !

nothing esle is important to the Religious Right except
making sure Gay people don't have any rights.

http://rantsbyhiley.blogspot.com/

[Erika]

6. The heck with states rights and limited government

The government will decide all cases where the death occurs prior to God's will, other than execution.

The government will also mandate that state taxpayers pay for the cost of keeping those alive who the government deem shall be kept alive.

The government will be held harmless for deaths of the poor, and those without medical insurance unless the government takes power. It will take power only in those high profile cases who use the persons in question as poster children for a hard right pro life group.

OK. Got it. The federal government has an agenda and it appears, under Bush, more than willing to shove their agenda down our throats.

[uppityperson]

8. Bad end to a bad political day.

Bah, humbug. Republicans, the ones who want to get government out of your life. Because they care.

[OneBlueSky]

9. ghouls . . . every damned one of them . . . n/t

.

[Amfortas]

10. Outrageous !

[NC_Nurse]

12. wow

:wtf: