Contact: Rebecca S. Jones of Concerned Women for America, 202-488-7000 ext. 126
WASHINGTON, March 8 /Christian Wire Service/ — Concerned Women for America (CWA) commends Rep. Dave Weldon (R- Florida) and Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Florida) for introducing the Incapacitated Persons Legal Protection Act (HR 1151, S 539) in an effort to save the life of Terri Schiavo, whose husband intends to begin starving her to death on March 18 by removing her feeding tube.
This Incapacitated Persons Legal Protection Act will provide the same protection for disabled individuals like Terri as the law extends to convicted felons the right to independent counsel and effective legal representation. It also recognizes the due process protection of habeas corpus appeals for disabled individuals who are the subject of a court order to affect their death by removal of nutrition, hydration or medical treatment. Hopefully, this law will enable Terri’s parents to have standing as their daughter’s “next friend” to file a habeas corpus petition on Terri’s behalf.
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