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Bush Backs Bid to Save Right-to-Die Woman
Terri Schiavo is visited by her mother, Mary Schindler, at the Florida hospice
President Bush has intervened to save the life of a brain-damaged women at the centre of a right-to-die battle.
As Terri Schiavo lay dying in a Florida hospice bed, the President and US Congress boosted the hopes of her parents that her feeding tube would be reinserted.
First the Senate and then the House passed a bill to let the 41-year-old woman's parents ask a federal judge to prolong Mrs Schiavo's life. President Bush signed the measure less than an hour later.
Her father, Bob Schindler, thanked politicians, but acknowledged "we still have a few hurdles left''.
Mrs Schiavo's feeding tube was removed on Friday on a Florida judge's order. She could linger for a week or two if the tube is not reinserted.
A lawyer for her parents had already filed a request for an emergency injunction with a federal court to have her feeding tube reinserted. He also planned to make a similar request with the federal district court in Tampa.
Mrs Schiavo's husband, Michael, said he was outraged that congressional leaders were intervening in the case. He has battled for years with his wife's parents over whether she should be permitted to die or kept alive through the feeding tube.
Mr Schindler visited his daughter yesterday and said he noticed the effects of dehydration on her. He said she appeared to be getting tired, but eventually responded to his teasing by making a face at him.
"It tells us she's still with us,'' he said.
Outside the hospice, a crowd of about 50 people prayed and sang behind signs bearing such slogans as "Let Terri Live'' and "President Bush Please Save Terri''.
Mrs Schiavo suffered brain damage in 1990 when her heart stopped briefly because of a chemical imbalance. She can breathe on her own, but has relied on the feeding tube to keep her alive.
Court-appointed doctors say she is in a persistent vegetative state with no hope of recovery. Her husband says she would not want to be kept alive in that condition, but her parents insist she could recover with treatment.
Bush Backs Bid to Save Right-to-Die Woman
Terri Schiavo is visited by her mother, Mary Schindler, at the Florida hospice
President Bush has intervened to save the life of a brain-damaged women at the centre of a right-to-die battle.
As Terri Schiavo lay dying in a Florida hospice bed, the President and US Congress boosted the hopes of her parents that her feeding tube would be reinserted.
First the Senate and then the House passed a bill to let the 41-year-old woman's parents ask a federal judge to prolong Mrs Schiavo's life. President Bush signed the measure less than an hour later.
Her father, Bob Schindler, thanked politicians, but acknowledged "we still have a few hurdles left''.
Mrs Schiavo's feeding tube was removed on Friday on a Florida judge's order. She could linger for a week or two if the tube is not reinserted.
A lawyer for her parents had already filed a request for an emergency injunction with a federal court to have her feeding tube reinserted. He also planned to make a similar request with the federal district court in Tampa.
Mrs Schiavo's husband, Michael, said he was outraged that congressional leaders were intervening in the case. He has battled for years with his wife's parents over whether she should be permitted to die or kept alive through the feeding tube.
Mr Schindler visited his daughter yesterday and said he noticed the effects of dehydration on her. He said she appeared to be getting tired, but eventually responded to his teasing by making a face at him.
"It tells us she's still with us,'' he said.
Outside the hospice, a crowd of about 50 people prayed and sang behind signs bearing such slogans as "Let Terri Live'' and "President Bush Please Save Terri''.
Mrs Schiavo suffered brain damage in 1990 when her heart stopped briefly because of a chemical imbalance. She can breathe on her own, but has relied on the feeding tube to keep her alive.
Court-appointed doctors say she is in a persistent vegetative state with no hope of recovery. Her husband says she would not want to be kept alive in that condition, but her parents insist she could recover with treatment.
