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Terri Schiavo: March 17, 2005
Legal Refuge for Terri Schiavo - Act Now

The following link will allow you to contact your Senator to encourage him/her to give favorable consideration to the Incapacitated Persons Legal Protection Act. The new version is HR 1332 and the Senate is expected to hear this matter today.

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Senator Mel Martinez writes about this habeas corpus bill that will protect the rights of diabled individuals, such as Terri Schiavo:

... Last week, I introduced my first piece of legislation in the Senate: The Incapacitated Person’s Legal Protection Act of 2005. This bill would ensure that incapacitated individuals — like Terri Schiavo — would have their due-process rights of habeas corpus when a court orders their death by removal of nutrition, hydration and medical treatment. My colleague from Florida, Congressman Dave Weldon has introduced identical legislation in the House of Representatives.

“Habeas Corpus” refers to the legal rights available under the 14th Amendment of the Constitution that “No State…shall deprive any person of life…without due process of law…nor to deny any person within its jurisdiction equal protections of the laws.”

In essence, this legislation would give incapacitated individuals like Terri, who have been given what amounts to a death sentence by the courts, federal habeas corpus protections to ensure that she receives the same due process protections as convicted murderers given the death penalty.

This bill is very narrowly written and a balanced approach to acknowledging the rights of individuals to refuse consent to medical treatment with the right to consent to treatment to preserve life. The Incapacitated Person’s Legal Protection Act would only apply when the following criteria are met:

  • There is a contested judicial proceeding because of a dispute about the expressed previous wishes or best interest of a person currently incapable of making a choice about lifesaving treatment;

  • There is no valid prior written directive on wishes from the now-incapacitated individual; and

  • There is a court order authorizing or directing the withholding of food, fluids, or medical treatment to sustain the individual’s life.
This is not a right-to-life or right-to-die issue — it is about proper legal representation for individuals with no voice for themselves. It’s about giving a last avenue of legal refuge to disabled individuals when their lives hang in the balance.

This is a narrowly tailored, compassionate piece of legislation to ensure that Terri Schiavo has all legal due process available to her before following through on a court order that, in all seriousness, is a death sentence.

Before you click onto another screen or go back to work, please contact your senators and contact your congressman to let them know that you support this bill — that Terri Schiavo deserves the same rights as criminals to equal protection under the law.

[more from the National Review]



Posted by plb at March 17, 2005 6:05 AM

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Hang On Terri! Help is on the Way from bLogicus
After a dramatic weekend of numerous ups and downs, the congress passed a bill that could save Terri Schiavo's life... here is the roll call. The Miami Herald Reports,President Bush stood ready at the White House, lawyers stood ready at a Florida court......[read more]

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Hang On Terri! Help is on the Way from bLogicus
After a dramatic weekend of numerous ups and downs, the congress passed a bill that could save Terri Schiavo's life... here is the roll call. The Miami Herald Reports,President Bush stood ready at the White House, lawyers stood ready at a Florida court......[read more]

Tracked: March 21, 2005 12:20 AM

Comments

I did not realize how much this really impacted me until I just read Terry Shivo's attorney's statement. It is terrible and unfair that she had to go through this agony for so long. If she can not be saved on earth, she will be saved in heaven.

Posted by: Jennifer Race on March 19, 2005 12:41 PM

I did not realize how much this really impacted me until I just read Terry Schiavo's attorney's statement. It is terrible and unfair that she had to go through this agony for so long. If she can not be saved on earth, she will be saved in heaven.

Posted by: Jennifer Race on March 19, 2005 12:42 PM

THERE IS A FORMER NURSE OF TERRI ON FOX NEWS HERE IN PA. SHE FILED A POLICE REPORT AGAINST MICHAEL SHIAVO. BECAUSE HE WOULD NOT ALLOW THEM TO FEED HER PUDDING ETC.WHICH SHE LOVED. THEY HAD HER GREETING THE PEOPLE AND MICHAEL PROTESTED THIS ALSO. HE SAID IN FRONT OF THE STAFF THAT HE WANTED THE B----- TO DIE. HER NAME IS CARLA SAUER IYER.
I'M HOPING YOU CAN GET THIS TO THE FAMILY JUST IN CASE THEY DON'T KNOW . I CONTACTED GOV. BUSH'S OFFICE. THE SAID THEY WOULD PASS IT ON TO HIM....

WE WILL CONTINUE TO PRAY.

Posted by: DONNA on March 22, 2005 9:29 AM
 
 
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