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March 18, 2005
Feeding Tubes and Vegetable Subpoenas

Terry Schiavo's feeding tube was removed this afternoon, despite an absurdly heavy-handed attempt by Congressional Republicans to prevent it.

Schiavo has been in a persistent vegetative state for 15 years, after a heart attack deprived her brain of oxygen. Republicans attempted to subpoena her to appear before them, because of the protection provided to future witnesses before Congress.

A hard case, to be sure, but feeding tubes are removed from people in her condition every day. The government's intervention in Terri's case is political, not moral. Bush vaguely claims he wants to "build a culture of life." Nice words from the most executin'-est governor we've ever had.

The courts have decided again and again that Schiavo's husband has the right to carry out the wishes she communicated to him before she fell ill, but Jeb Bush and now Republicans in Congress keep interfering. Who's being an "activist" in this situation?

She won't recover. Let her die. It's the right thing to do.

Oh, and get yourself a living will, lest you too suffer the ignominy of having your most personal and grave decisions, or those of your loved ones, made by Bill Frist.

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