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Schiavo meddling mounts

The so-called right to lifers seem to think that a person whose brain has liquified can be cured through therapy. Actually, they don’t really believe that, but they’ll use any argument to artificially extend the bedridden existence of Terri Schiavo as long as it generates publicity and money for their cause.

Florida’s freshman Senator, Mel Martinez, has decided to jump on the Terri gravy train. Figuring that it can’t hurt to pander to his backward base, Mel has introduced a federal version of “Terri’s Law” designed to interfere with one particular patient’s right to die.

Meanwhile, courtroom maneuvering continues, as the DCF today will try to justify inserting itself back into this fray, a move that anyone with an inkling of intellectual honesty agrees is a blatant attempt to overturn years of court rulings and Terri’s own wish to die with dignity.