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The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals refused to order the reinsertion of Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube. A copy of the ruling is here (.pdf file).
Associated Press reports:
In its 2-1 ruling, a three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals said the woman’s parents “failed to demonstrate a substantial case on the merits of any [...]

Early this morning, a federal judge denied the request from the parents of Terri Schiavo to reinsert a feeding tube into the brain damaged woman, the Washington Post reports:
U.S. District Judge James Whittemore wrote that Terri Schiavo’s “life and liberty interests” had been protected by Florida courts, the Associated Press reported. Despite “these difficult and [...]

Lefty blogs are making hay out of two other tragic end-of-life cases in Texas (see here and here) in order to tar conservatives as hypocrites over intervention in the Terri Schiavo matter.
Tom Maguire beats me to the punch in dissecting this popular new meme. Read his entire reality check.
Tom points to another blogger, LeanLeft, who [...]

President Bush signed emergency legislation that will allow Terri Schiavo’s parents to ask a federal judge to extend their daughter’s life, AP reports. After signing the bill, Bush said,
“In cases like this one, where there are serious questions and substantial doubts, our society, our laws and our courts should have a presumption in favor of [...]

Trust you’ve seen the latest in the Schiavo case. Lots of last-minute action taking place today, Palm Sunday and the first day of spring, to rescue Terri:
Congressional leaders announced a compromise between Senate and House Republicans that would allow the brain-damaged woman’s case to be reviewed by federal courts that could restore her feeding tube. [...]

In case you missed it, Andy McCarthy’s brilliant piece on the deafening silence of the civil liberties brigade in re. Terri Schiavo is a must-read. And a must-re-read.
AP reports on House Republican efforts to save Terri’s life before a 1pm deadline today:
In a two-pronged approach, a House committee was issuing congressional subpoenas ordering the doctors [...]

David Limbaugh brings us up to date with some haunting, unresolved questions.
Blogs for Terri has much more.
Legislators in Florida are trying to intervene:
Lawmakers proposed a measure Monday that would block doctors from denying food or water to someone in a persistent vegetative state with the intention of causing death.
That could set the stage to prevent [...]

LifeNews.com has the latest development, and it’s bad news for Terri Schiavo, her family, and supporters:
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) — The judge in the Terri Schiavo case has ruled that a Florida state agency can’t investigate the thirty allegations of abuse and neglect it says have come at the hand of Terri’s estranged Michael. The Florida [...]

There have been too many twists and turns in the Terri Schiavo case to keep up with over the last week. Prolifeblogs.com and Blogs for Terri are on top of all the new developments; the Terri Schiavo news aggregator is here.
The latest bombshell is Pinellas Circuit Court Judge George Greer’s decision to extend a stay [...]

Time is running out for Baby Jordan, the newborrn in need of a heart transplant. The latest update on his condition is here. An excerpt:
As some of you may have seen on the Fox News Channel, our little Baby Jordan is quite a fighter. He approaches his 5th day on the heart bypass and [...]