March 20, 2005

House is Now in Session

The House is again in session to pass a bill to move Terri Schiavo's case to federal court.

UPDATE: C-SPAN reports that after three hours of debate a vote will take place shortly after midnight Monday morning.

UPDATE II: Rep. Wexler declares 19 judges have ruled Terri should die, many medical experts have declared Terri

There are many questions left unanswered:

• Why hasn't an MRI been performed on Terri?

• Should we regard a casual comment to be legally binding when Terri Schiavo never signed a living will?

• When such a dilemna is at hand why call for Terri's death and not fall on the side of life?
  

In 2003, Wesley Smith asked plenty of other questions.

It appears Rep. Wasserman Schultz reads weblogs. She just pointed out President Bush's conflict between what he has said about Terri Schiavo and what law he signed while governor of Texas [via OTB].

UPDATE III: To get a little lighthearted (and this issue needs it) but Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) seems to have lost weight. Good for him. He's now less likely to have a stroke. Still, I hope Nadler has a living will.

I also get a kick out of Democrats talking about the limits of the federal government. I sympathize with the federalism argument. I wish Congress didn't have to act. I don't know about what the unindented consequences of this law would be.

To get more serious, I learned from Nadler that having a functioning cerebral cortex is the definition of human life. Maybe, maybe not. I admit ignorance. I just wonder if the many people unfortunately born with only a brainstem deserve no love, care, or treatment.

UPDATE IV: Someone should tell Rep. Rick Renzy (R-AZ) that he's wearing an ugly suit. He looks like he just came out of a Vegas casino.

UPDATE V: If I hear one more Congressmen praising a party leader I'll puke. Let's get this vote over with.