October 21, 2003

Schiavo Being Fed Again

Florida Gov. Jeb Bush ordered Terri Schiavo to be fed again. The severely injured woman had her feeding tube removed last week. The Florida legislature quickly passed a bill giving Bush the power to override the court order allowing Schiavo to be starved to death.

"Fla. Gov. Orders Feeding Resumed for Comatose Woman"

UPDATE: The AP calls the Schiavo case "one of the nation's longest and most bitter right-to-die battles." It's more proper to call it a "right-to-kill battle." The only people who want Terri dead are her husband, Michael Schiavo and the doctors he's hired. No one really knows what Terri wants. Her husband claims dying is what Terri would want, but there's proof of such a request. With such uncertainty we should err on the side of caution.

"Fla. Gov. To Restore Feeding Tube?"