Florida Supreme Court: It's OK for Schiavo to Let Wife Die

Terri Schiavo

In the nation's most prominent right-to-life case, the Florida Supreme Court today struck down a state law that has hindered a man attempting to have his brain-injured wife's feeding tube removed, causing her death.

The Democrat-dominated court decided unanimously that the Republican-passed law keeping Terri Schiavo alive violated the separation of powers between the judicial branch and the legislative and executive branches.

"Lower courts had ruled that Michael Schiavo could have the tube removed, but the Legislature passed the law to overrule the courts. Gov. Jeb Bush then used the law to order the tube reinserted," the Associated Press reported.

Democrat Chief Justice Barbara Pariente wrote for the court: "It is without question an invasion of the authority of the judicial branch for the Legislature to pass a law that allows the executive branch to interfere with the final judicial determination in a case. That is precisely what occurred here."

Mrs. Schiavo, 40, who lives in a nursing home in Clearwater, can breathe on her own but needs a feeding and hydration tube to stay alive.

She has left no "living will" or other written instructions. Her parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, say she wanted to live and could be helped with therapy that her husband, who is living with another woman he wants to marry, has denied her.

As NewsMax has reported, Carla Sauer Iyer, a registered nurse who helped care for Mrs. Schiavo at Palm Garden of Largo Convalescent Center, testified in a sworn affidavit: "Throughout my time at Palm Gardens, Michael Schiavo was focused on Terri's death. Michael would say 'When is she going to die?' 'Has she died yet?' and 'When is that bitch gonna die?'"

Feminist groups have been curiously silent about the notorious case.

Do the so-called National Organization for Women and similar groups think it's OK for men to kill women who are inconvenient?

And what of the millions of other disabled Americans who are expensive to keep alive? Should they die as well?

More: Legalized Murder: Terri Schiavo and Death by Starvation

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