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22 SEC. 3. RELIEF.
23 After a determination of the merits of a suit brought
24 under this Act, the District Court shall issue such declara-
25 tory and injunctive relief as may be necessary to protect
1 the rights of Theresa Marie Schiavo under the Constitu-
2 tion and laws of the United States relating to the with-
3 holding or withdrawal of food, fluids, or medical treatment
4 necessary to sustain her life.
5 SEC. 4. TIME FOR FILING.
6 Notwithstanding any other time limitation, any suit
7 or claim under this Act shall be timely if filed within 30
8 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
9 SEC. 5. NO CHANGE OF SUBSTANTIVE RIGHTS.
10 Nothing in this Act shall be construed to create sub-
11 stantive rights not otherwise secured by the Constitution
12 and laws of the United States or of the several States.
13 SEC. 6. NO EFFECT ON ASSISTING SUICIDE.
14 Nothing in this act shall be construed to confer addi-
15 tional jurisdiction on any court to consider any claim re-
16 lated—
17 (1) to assisting suicide,
18 (2) a State law regarding assisting suicide.
19 SEC. 7. NO PRECEDENT FOR FUTURE LEGISLATION.
20 Nothing in this Act shall constitute a precedent with
21 respect to future legislation, including the provision of pri-
22 vate relief bills.
1 SEC. 8. NO EFFECT ON THE PATIENT SELF-DETERMINA-
2 TION ACT OF 1990.
3 Nothing in this act shall affect the rights of any per-
4 son under the Patient Self-Determination Act of 1990.
5 SEC. 9. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.
6 It is the Sense of the Congress that the 109th Con-
7 gress should consider policies regarding the status and
8 legal rights of incapacitated individuals who are incapable
9 of making decisions concerning the provision, withholding,
10 or withdrawal of foods, fluid, or medical care.
NOTES
CHAPTER ONE
1. Ken Connor, ‘‘Government’s Chief Role: To Protect Life,’’ WorldNetDaily, March 26, 2005, http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43503.
2. Nat Hentoff, ‘‘Terri Schiavo: Judicial Murder,’’ Village Voice, March 29, 2005.
CHAPTER TWO
1. George Felos, ‘‘Should Terri Schiavo’s Feeding Tube Be Removed?’’ Burden of Proof, CNN, May 3, 2001.
2. Michael Schiavo, interview by Larry King, Larry King Live, CNN, October 27, 2003.
3. Keith Andrews, Lesley Murphy, Ros Munday, and Claire Littlewood, ‘‘Misdiagnosis of the Vegetative State: Retrospective Study in a Rehabilitation Unit,’’ British Medical Journal 313 ( July 6, 1996): 13–16.
4. Jeff Johnson, ‘‘Schiavo’s ‘Dr. Humane Death’ Got 1980 Diagnosis Wrong,’’ Cybercast News Service, April 12, 2005, http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewSpecialReports.asp?Page=%5CSpecialReports%5Carchive%5C200504%5CS PE20050412a.html.
5. Ibid.
CHAPTER THREE
1. Joe Kovacs, ‘‘Mel Gibson on Schiavo: It’s Modern Crucifixion’’ (quoting a radio interview by Sean Hannity, Sean Hannity Show, March 30, 2005), WorldNetDaily, March 31, 2005, http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43576.
CHAPTER FOUR
1. Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Dr. Laura Schlessinger Program, March 24, 2005.
2. Steve Schiavo, radio interview by Glenn Beck, Glenn Beck Program, October 16, 2002.
CHAPTER FIVE
1. Sean Hannity, ‘‘Foul Play in Terri Schiavo Case?’’ Hannity & Colmes, October 27, 2003.
CHAPTER SIX
1. CNN News, ‘‘Time Running Out for Terri Schiavo; Governor Jeb Bush Holds News Conference Addressing Schiavo Case,’’ Live From . . . , CNN, March 23, 2005.
CHAPTER SEVEN
1. Diana Lynne, ‘‘The Whole Terry Schiavo Story,’’ WorldNetDaily, March 24, 2005, http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID =43463.
2. Ibid.
3. Jackie Rhodes, interview by Greta Van Susteren, On the Record With Greta Van Susteren, FOX News, March 21, 2005.
4. Larry King, ‘‘Interview With Mary, Robert Schindler,’’ Larry King Live, CNN, September 27, 2004.
CHAPTER EIGHT
1. Representative Joseph Pitts of Pennsylvania, For the Relief of the Parents of Theresa Marie Schiavo, 109th Cong., 1st. sess., Congressional Record 151 (March 20, 2005): H 1714.
CHAPTER NINE
1. Patricia Heaton, ‘‘Patricia Heaton Pleads for Terri Schiavo,’’ press release, Feminists for Life of America, March 19, 2005.
CHAPTER TEN
1. ‘‘Kevorkian: Terri a Potential Patient,’’ WorldNetDaily, October 1, 2005, http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46613.
2. Michael Schiavo, interview by Chris Bury, ‘‘Husband at the Heart of the ‘Right to Die’ Case Speaks to Chris Bury,’’ Nightline, ABC, March 15, 2005.
3. Andrew C. McCarthy, ‘‘Beyond a Reasonable Doubt,’’ National Review Online, March 25, 2005, http://www.nationalreview.com/mccarthy/mccarthy200503250823.asp.
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid.
6. John Schwartz, ‘‘Experts Say Ending Feeding Can Lead to a Gentle Death,’’ New York Times, March 20, 2005.
CHAPTER ELEVEN
1. ‘‘Man Offers $1 Million to Save Terri Schiavo,’’ WorldNetDaily, March 10, 2005, http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID =43235.
2. Ibid.
3. Steven Ertelt, ‘‘Terri Schiavo’s Parents Discuss Rejection of Million Dollar Offer,’’ LifeNews.com, March 11, 2005, http://www.lifenews.com/bio773.html.
4. Anne Lindberg, ‘‘Hospice Pays Schiavo Bill,’’ St. Petersburg Times, April 20, 2005.
5. Anne Lindberg, ‘‘Council Won’t Waive Hospice Bill, For Now,’’ St. Petersburg Times, April 17, 2005.
6. Sarah Foster, ‘‘No Easter Basket for Terri Schiavo,’’ WorldNetDaily, April 12, 2004, http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID =37992.
CHAPTER TWELVE
1. Manuel Roig-Franzia, ‘‘Gov. Bush Is Rebuffed in Schiavo Case,’’ Washington Post, March 24, 2005.
2. Ted Barrett, Bob Granken, Joe Johns, Bill Mears, and John Zarrella, ‘‘Schindlers’ Lawyer: Legal Fight Near End,’’ CNN, March 26, 2005, http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/26/schiavo/index.html.
3. Michael Schiavo, interview by Chris Bury, ‘‘Husband at the Heart of the ‘Right to Die’ Case Speaks to Chris Bury,’’ Nightline, ABC, March 15, 2005.
4. John Schwartz, ‘‘Experts Say Ending Feeding Can Lead to a Gentle Death,’’ New York Times, March 20, 2005.
5. Ibid.
6. ‘‘The Battle Over the Fate of a Comatose Patient,’’ Burden of Proof With Greta Van Susteren, CNN, May 7, 2001.
7. Kate Adamson, Kate’s Journey: Triumph Over Adversity (Redondo Beach, CA: Nosmada Press, 2004).
8. Kate Adamson, interview by Bill O’Reilly, ‘‘She Recovered From a Persistent Vegetative State,’’ O’Reilly Factor, FOX News, November 5, 2003.
9. George Felos, Litigation As Spiritual Practice (Nevada City, CA: Blue Dolphin, 2002).
10. Ibid.
11. Ibid.
12. Eric Pfeiffer, ‘‘Odd Felos: Michael Schiavo’s Very Strange Lawyer,’’ National Review Online, March 30, 2005, http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/pfeiffer200503301030.asp.
13. George Felos, speaking to the West Palm Beach County Bar Association, West Palm Beach, Florida, September 31, 2005.
14. Carl Limbacher, ‘‘Felos: Starving Terri Looks ‘Beautiful,’’’ NewsMax.com, March 27, 2005, http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/3/27/95930.shtml.
15. ‘‘Felos: This Death . . . Was for Terri,’’ WorldNetDaily, March 31, 2005, http://www.worldnetd
aily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43594.
16. ‘‘George J. Felos Turning Heads and Opening Hearts on National Speakers Circuit,’’ press release, November 29, 2005.
17. Allan Lengel, ‘‘Sniper Goes on Hunger Strike,’’ Washington Post, August 26, 2005.
18. Karen Kennedy-Hall, ‘‘S.J. Officials Consider Starved Youth’s Future,’’ South Jersey Courier-Post, November 14, 2003.
19. Geoff Mulvihill, ‘‘N.J. to Give $12.5M to Boys Found Starving,’’ Associated Press, September 30, 2005.
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
1. Unless otherwise noted, all congressional debate included in this chapter is from For the Relief of the Parents of Theresa Marie Schiavo, 109th Cong., 1st. sess., Congressional Record 151 (March 20, 2005).
2. ‘‘Statement of Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) on the Case of Terri Schiavo,’’ press release, March 18, 2005.
3. Ken Connor, ‘‘Government’s Chief Role: To Protect Life,’’ WorldNetDaily, March 26, 2005, http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43503.
4. ‘‘Pelosi Statement on Congressional Involvement in Terri Schiavo Case,’’ Nancy Pelosi press release/U.S. Newswire, March 20, 2005.
5. ‘‘Emergency Vote Puts Schiavo Case in Federal Court,’’ CNN, March 21, 2005.
6. Carl Hulse and David D. Kirkpatrick, ‘‘Congress Passes and Bush Signs Legislation on Schiavo Case,’’ New York Times, March 21, 2005.
7. ‘‘Emergency Vote Puts Schiavo Case in Federal Court,’’ CNN, March 21, 2005.
8. Ibid.
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
1. Representative Joseph Pitts of Pennsylvania, For the Relief of the Parents of Theresa Marie Schiavo, 109th Cong., 1st. sess., Congressional Record 151 (March 20, 2005): H 1714.
2. ‘‘President Calls ‘March for Life’ Participants,’’ news release, White House Office of the Press Secretary, January 23, 2006.
3. Steven Ertelt, ‘‘Zogby Poll: Americans Not in Favor of Starving Terri Schiavo,’’ Zogby International, April 1, 2005, http://www.zogby.com/soundbites/ReadClips.dbm?ID=11131.
4. ‘‘Poll: Keep Feeding Tube Out,’’ CBS News, March 23, 2005, http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/03/23/opinion/polls/main682674.shtml.
5. ‘‘Poll: Do You Approve or Disapprove of Congress’ Involvement in the Terri Schiavo Case?’’ CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll, USA Today, April 6, 2005.
6. Available at http://www.pollingreport.com/news.htm#Schiavo.
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
1. Michael Schiavo, interview by Larry King, Larry King Live, CNN, October 27, 2003.
2. Michael Schiavo, interview by Chris Bury, ‘‘Husband at the Heart of the ‘Right to Die’ Case Speaks to Chris Bury,’’ Nightline, ABC, March 15, 2005.
3. ‘‘Terri’s Brother: Felos in Love With Death,’’ WorldNetDaily, March 29, 2005, http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43535.
4. Jane Roh, ‘‘Terri Schiavo Dies in Florida Hospice,’’ FOX News, March 31, 2005, http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,152032,00.html.
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
1. ‘‘President Discusses Schiavo, WMD Commission Report,’’ news release, White House Office of the Press Secretary, March 31, 2005.
2. Mike Pence, ‘‘Statement From Congressman Mike Pence on the Death of Terri Schiavo,’’ press release, March 31, 2005.
3. Rush Limbaugh, The Rush Limbaugh Show, March 31, 2005.
4. ‘‘Felos: This Death . . . Was for Terri,’’ WorldNetDaily, March 31, 2005, http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43594.
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
1. Joan Didion, ‘‘The Case of Theresa Schiavo,’’ New York Review of Books 52, no. 10 ( June 9, 2005). Note: Mr. Schiavo was responding to a question regarding the disposition of his wife’s personal jewelry in a 1993 deposition.
2. Editorial, ‘‘Autopsy on the Schiavo Tragedy,’’ New York Times, June 16, 2005.
3. Keith Olbermann, Countdown With Keith Olbermann, MSNBC, June 15, 2005.
4. David Karp and Stephen Nohlgren, ‘‘Autopsy Issue Part of a Day of Sparring,’’ St. Petersburg Times, March 30, 2005.
5. Ibid.
CHAPTER NINETEEN
1. Patrick J. Buchanan, ‘‘The Culture of Death Advances,’’ WorldNetDaily, March 30, 2005, http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp ?ARTICLE_ID=43541.
2. James Ridgeway, ‘‘Schiavo Judge Has Reason to Fear,’’ Village Voice, March 28, 2005.
3. Sandy Bauers and Stacey Burling, ‘‘Schiavo Autopsy Finds ‘Massive’ Brain Damage, No Abuse,’’ Philadelphia Inquirer, June 15, 2005.
4. ‘‘Felos: Michael Schiavo ‘Very Pleased to Hear Results,’’’ Tampa Bay News 9, June 15, 2005, http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2005/6/15/93389.html.
CHAPTER TWENTY
1. ‘‘Prof: Right to Assisted Suicide ‘Irresistible,’’’ WorldNetDaily, December 3, 2005, http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=47719.
2. Nat Hentoff, ‘‘The Disabled Sound the Alarm for the Nonreligious,’’ Free Inquiry, August/September 2005.
3. Marc Morano, ‘‘Christianity Harmful to Animals,’’ Cybercast News Service, July 1, 2002, http://www.cnsnews.com/Culture/Archive/200207/CUL20020701b.html.
4. Marvin Olasky, ‘‘Blue-State Philosopher,’’ World, November 27, 2004.
5. Peter Singer, ‘‘Sanctity of Life or Quality of Life,’’ Pediatrics 72, no. 1 ( July 1983): 129.
6. Peter Singer, Practical Ethics (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993).
7. Singer, ‘‘Sanctity of Life or Quality of Life,’’ 129.
8. James Tarentino, ‘‘Who Will Remember Terri?’’ Wall Street Journal, April 1, 2005.
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
1. Thomas M. Burton, ‘‘In a Stroke Patient, Doctor Sees Power of Brain to Recover,’’ Wall Street Journal, November 23, 2005.
2. All quotes in this section were taken from video clips provided by Theresa May de Vera’s Web page: http://homepage.mac.com/tisamay/ Menu18.html.
3. Miranda Hitti, ‘‘Firefighter’s Miracle Recovery Rare in Long-Term Coma Cases,’’ FOX News/WebMD, May 6, 2005, http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,155608,00.html.
4. Associated Press, ‘‘Brain-Damaged Man ‘Wakes Up’ After 10 Years,’’ FOX News, May 3, 2005, http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,155344,00.html.
5. Ibid.
6. Associated Press, ‘‘Woman Speaks First Words in Two Years,’’ FOX News, May 12, 2005, http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,156344,00.html.
7. ‘‘Schiavo-like Woman Speaks After 2 years,’’ WorldNetDaily, May 13, 2005, http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44244.
8. ‘‘Awake After 20 Years, Sarah Speaks,’’ CBS News, August 4, 2005, http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/08/04/earlyshow/series/main757388.shtml.
9. Ibid.
10. ‘‘Coma Patient Sings Way to Health,’’ CBS News, August 5, 2005, http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/08/05/earlyshow/series/main760296.shtml?CMP=ILC-SearchStories.
11. Phil Stewart, ‘‘Italian Coma Victim Says Heard Everything,’’ Reuters, October 5, 2005.
12. Ibid.
13. ‘‘In Italy, Support for Those in a Vegetative State,’’ ZENIT News, October 10, 2005, http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=77987.
14. Burton, ‘‘In a Stroke Patient, Doctor Sees Power of Brain to Recover.’’
15. Ibid.
16. Ibid.
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
1. Joni Eareckson Tada, ‘‘Terri Schiavo’s National Legacy,’’ press release, March 31, 2005, http://www.joniandfriends.org/apcm/APCMviewer.asp?a=128&z=4.
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
1. Michael Vitez, ‘‘Living Wills Fail To,’’ Knight Ridder, November 27, 2005.
2. Lindsey O’Connor, ‘‘Dying Smart: Why Your Living Will May Not Be Good Enough,’’ Christianity Today, August 2005.
3. Vitez, ‘‘Living Wills Fail To.’’
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
1. Thomas
Jefferson, ‘‘To the Republican Citizens of Washington County, Maryland,’’ March 31, 1809.
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
1. ‘‘Time Poll: A Majority (53%) of Those Who Call Themselves Evangelicals Support Removing the Feeding Tube, 41% Oppose Removal of the Feeding Tube,’’ Time, March 27, 2005, http://www.time.com/time/press_releases/ article/0,8599,1042435,00.html.
2. Barna, ‘‘The Year’s Most Intriguing Findings.’’
3. George H. Gallup, ‘‘Vital Signs,’’ Leadership (Fall 1987): 17.
APPENDIX A
1. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health at www.ninds.nih.gov.
2. Ibid.
3. J. T. Giacino and others, ‘‘The Minimally Conscious State: Definition and Diagnostic Criteria,’’ Neurology 58 (2002): 349–353.
4. Ibid.