SAVE TERRI: URGENT ACTION ALERT

URGENT ACTION ALERT

PLEASE ACT NOW ON THIS FEDERAL LEGISLATION!

Your help is urgently needed to pass the Incapacitated Persons Legal Protection Act (H.R. 1151 and S. 539), also known as “Terri’s Law.” The bill, as introduced by US Senator Mel Martinez and US Representative Dave Weldon, would provide the Schindler family access to a federal court to argue for the life of their daughter, Terri Schindler-Schiavo.

Time is precious! Only a massive outpouring from their constituents will move Members of Congress to act quickly enough on this vital bill to give Terri her chance at life.

For the text of the bill see: http://www.nrlc.org/euthanasia/Terri/FedLaw.html

For more information (including questions and answers) see: http://www.nrlc.org/euthanasia/Terri/TerriQAHC.html

To contact your US Senators go to: http://www.capwiz.com/nrlc/issues/alert/?alertid=7222571&type=CO

To contact your US Representatives: http://www.capwiz.com/nrlc/issues/alert/?alertid=7222661&type=CO

Type your Zip Code in the box on screen to send an email directly to your Senators and Representative.

PLEASE ACT NOW! Under Court order, Terri’s feeding tube is scheduled to be removed at 1:00pm EST Friday, March 18.

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U.S. House OKs bill to delay Schiavo case SORRY My Goof Up, On Bill Number, I THINK!! OR they gave 1151 a different number, OR NOW there's two very much alike. I'm a bit confussed and learning a lot here!! But, still the same bill if you read it. Lisa PS You know what, Terri's Life has brought SEVERAL Bills to the attention of our Law makers, to help STOP THIS KIND MURDER!

READ THIS BELOW!!!!

By JESSE J. HOLLAND
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

WASHINGTON -- 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.

Under the House legislation, a federal judge would decide whether withholding or withdrawing food, fluids or medical treatment from an incapacitated person violates the Constitution or U.S. law. It would apply only to incapacitated people who had not left directives dealing with being kept alive artificially and for whom a state judge had authorized the withholding of food or medical treatment.

Schiavo, 41, suffered severe brain damage in 1990 when her heart stopped temporarily, and court-appointed doctors say she is in a persistent vegetative state. Her husband, Michael Schiavo, says she told him she would not want to be kept alive artificially. Her parents disagree that was her wish and say she could improve with proper treatment.

Florida Circuit Judge George Greer has granted Michael Schiavo permission to remove the feeding tube, a ruling a state appellate court upheld Wednesday. Without the feeding tube, which the state court allowed to be removed as early as Friday, Terri Schiavo would likely die in one to two weeks.

"What's going on in Florida regarding Terri Schiavo is nothing short of inhumane," said House Judiciary Chairman James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., who introduced the bill with Rep. Dave Weldon, R-Fla.

Some House members criticized the bill, which Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., called "a dangerously reckless way to deal with some serious issues."
Schiavo in 48 hour window

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By:Bill McGinty

Supporters like the Rev. Patrick Mahoney of the Christian Defense Coalition say they expect people to try to enter the Woodside Hospice to “rescue” Terri Schiavo if her feeding tube is removed. The Pinellas Park Police has officers stationed in the parking lot and inside the front doors of the hospice in case those threats are attempted.

The Florida Legislature is now working on a bill that Governor Bush says he will sign into law that would prevent the removal of Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube. The bill should be on the floor for debate by mid-Friday.
Bill McGinty, Tampa Bay's 10 News

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MARCIA STONE/CROSS BAYOU PRINCIPAL:
School officials sent a letter home with all 600 students Tuesday, telling parents that steps were being taken to minimize any distractions. Officials say as many as 10,000 people could congregate outside Woodside if Shiavo's feeding tube is removed on Friday.