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Judge Greer must be impeached. There can be no dispute that he broke the law. Florida Statute 744.3215 (Rights of Persons Determined Incapacitated) requires that incapacitated people cannot be deprived of food and water. Yet, Greer ordered that the family may not introduce oral nutrition and hydration following the removal of Terri’s gastric feeding tube. This is a clear violation of Florida law and even judges must follow the law.

A spokesman for the family of Terri Schindler Schiavo said Wednesday the Florida judge presiding over her case “ignores the state’s laws and orders the premeditated killing of a disabled Florida woman by her husband.”

Pamela Hennessy, media director for the Terri Schindler-Schiavo Foundation, in a press release Wednesday called on disability and eldercare advocates to press for Circuit Judge George Greer’s “immediate impeachment.”

“If there is a single person following this who doesn’t believe Judge Greer has legislated from the bench, trampled Florida’s laws and deprived Terri Schiavo of her retained rights, they are simply not paying attention,” Hennessy said in a statement.

According to the foundation’s press release, on Tuesday and Wednesday Greer issued three orders that the foundation said all but assures Schiavo’s death. First, Greer ordered that the family may not introduce oral nutrition and hydration following the removal of Terri’s gastric feeding tube. . . . . . . .

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You know you’ve done something very, very wrong when planned parenthood thanks you. If you needed proof that the starvation of Terri Schindler was about more than euthanasia, here it is. The biggest abortion provider in the country thanks those Senators who helped murder Terri. Perhaps their hoping to expand their death mills? A new service: “Have your wife starved to death here. We guarantee a torturous 2 week dying process for any healthy ‘useless eater’”.

On Thursday, March 24, the director of public affairs for Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida sent an e-mail to advocates for the abortion operation telling them how to “express your appreciation” to Florida Republican senators who split with the GOP leadership by voting against a bill intended to save Terri Schiavo, according to David Bereit, national director of American Life League’s STOPP International.

The message listed the names and contact information for the six senators.

In a Wednesday, March 30, phone conversation with David Bereit, the Planned Parenthood executive admitted to sending the e-mail and said, “We just felt that it was pretty courageous of them (the six senators) to do what they did, and it’s always a good idea to thank legislators when they do something you like.”

When asked by Bereit about the specifics of the measure, the abortion clinic employee admitted, “I really am not sure exactly what the legislation said,” but explained that she sent out the e-mail because, “I think probably the majority of our supporters feel that there should not be government intrusion, that the court should be the ones handling this issue, as it has, and so that’s why I did it.” . . . . . .

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All the politicians are making statements today about the tragedy of Terri Schiavo. The one I found most encouraging, because it calls for action, is by Tom DeLay:

“Mrs. Schiavo’s death is a moral poverty and a legal tragedy. This loss happened because our legal system did not protect the people who need protection most, and that will change,” DeLay said in a statement. “The time will come for the men responsible for this to answer for their behavior, but not today. Today we grieve, we pray, and we hope to God this fate never befalls another. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Schindlers and with Terri Schiavo’s friends in this time of deep sorrow.”

Let’s hope he means it.

At least one U.S. Senator gets it. The judges who ignored Congress and believe we have no power over their dictatorial rule must be punished. Both Greer and Wittmore should be held in contempt of Congress and removed from the bench.

Unfortunately, I don’t think our leaders are going to grow a spine over night. Oh sure, they’ll talk about holding the judges accountable and teaching those judges a lesson, but when it comes to actually doing something, they’ll hide. It’s easier to crawl back under your rock and believe you still have some power and authority left than it is to actually do your job. Normally, I would say it’s up to us to let our leaders know we won’t stand for that. However, I think we’ve all seen how much the will of the people means to power hungry thugs and the gutless wonders in Congress. I think the answer is at the ballot box. If our leaders won’t lead, we can always elect new leaders. I certainly won’t be voting for a Bush again. The Bush’s seem to have all the confidence and conviction in the world when it comes to saving the people of another country (especially if that country is run by the religion of peace), but that leadership quickly vanishes when an American is in need. We can do better.

Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., contends action should be taken against two judges who ignored congressional orders in the Terri Schiavo case.

Referring to U.S. District Judge James Whittemore’s decision last week to reject a request for emergency intervention, Santorum said, “For this judge in this district to ignore that is tantamount, I believe, to an offense that should be discussed in the Congress.”

Santorum was speaking with the Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity in an interview last night at the Wooside Hospice in Pinellas Park, Fla., where Terri Schiavo is now in the 13th day without nutrition and hydration since her feeding tube was removed by court order March 18.

The senator led an effort in Congress that resulted in a bill, signed by President Bush, intended to trigger a federal court review and a quick restoration of the feeding tube.

“What we asked for in the Congress was a new finding of fact,” Santorum said. “And this judge in this district ignored it, snubbed his nose at Congress, I think against the law. I think he should be held accountable for it.” . . . . .

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The U.S. succeeded in starving and dehydrating their first disabled person to death. The spineless Bush brothers can come out of hiding now. As a final parting shot at the family, Michael Schiavo barred her parents and family from being by her bedside in her hour of death. Michael will get his money and he’ll be able to marry his other wife now, but he will also face judgment one day.

It’s a sad day for Terri’s family and for all those who fought against torturing her to death. Let’s not let her death be the beginning of more torture. Hold the weak, gutless politicians accountable and do all you can to turn the judicial tyranny in this country around.

God bless you Terri. You can open a window now and go outside, and you can finally get that drink of water.

Terri Schiavo, the brain-injured Florida woman at the center of an intense euthanasia battle played out on a national stage, died shortly after 9 a.m. Eastern time.

The news came after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected yet another appeal by her parents, Robert and Mary Schindler.

The Schindlers had pleaded with son-in-law Michael Schiavo to allow them to be with their daughter in her final hours, but according to initial reports, they were not present when she died.

The decision by the Supreme Court last night to not intervene was the sixth since 2000. The emergency request argued the federal courts did not consider whether there was enough “clear and convincing” evidence that Schiavo had expressed a wish to not live in her current condtion. The trial court in Pinellas County, Fla., determined she was in a persistent vegetative state. The Schindlers countered that assessment with statements from neurologists who claimed she was in a “minimally conscious state,” able to respond to stimuli.

Fr. Frank Pavone, a Catholic priest, told reporters he was in Terri’s room about 15 minutes before she died.

But Pavone said he was instructed to leave 10 minutes before her death by order of Michael Schiavo, who was with Terri when she died.

“His heartless cruelty continues until this very last moment,” Pavone said of Terri’s estranged husband.

After Terri died, immediate family was allowed in the room, the priest said.

“This is not only a death with all the sadness it brings, this is a killing,” Pavone said. “We not only grieve for Terri, we grieve that our nation would allow such a thing.” . . . . .

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