Clearwater,
FL (LifeNews.com)
--
Terri Shiavo's estranged husband Michael
can't starve her to death until at least
Friday, thanks to a decision by
Circuit Court Judge George Greer
Wednesday afternoon. Terri's parents Bob
and Mary Schindler have been fighting a
decade-long legal battle to save
her.
GOVERNOR JEB BUSH MAY HAVE FOUND A WAY
TO HELP TERRI SCHIAVO
Tallahassee,
FL (LifeNews.com) --
Florida Governor Jeb Bush may have found
a method of helping Terri Schiavo,
the disabled woman at the center of a
national euthanasia controversy. The
Florida Department of Children &
Families investigated a way to intervene
in the case on Wednesday, just hours
after Bush told reporters in a press
conference that he would do everything
legally possible.
TERRI SCHIAVO'S FAMILY BEGINS 24 HOUR
PRAYER VIGIL, GOVERNOR BUSH TRYING TO
HELP
Clearwater,
FL (LifeNews.com)
-- With time and legal options running
out,
the parents of Terri Schiavo have
started a 24 hour prayer vigil outside
the Florida hospice where she lives.
Bob and Mary Schindler and Terri's
bother and sister have been joined by
dozens of pro-life advocates at the
Woodside Hospice in St. Petersburg,
where Terri lives.
CHINESE PROVINCE WILL GIVE CASH AWARDS
FOR REPORTING SEX-SELECTION ABORTIONS
Henan, China (LifeNews.com) --
Anyone who lives in Henan, China, the
country's most populated province,
will be given a cash award of more than
$225 for reporting a case of a
sex-selection abortion to government
authorities. Last month, national
government officials announced a
nationwide ban on such abortion, often
done when ultrasounds detect female
unborn children.
CONNECTICUT CITY'S COUNCIL SCRAPS
ABORTION FREE ZONE PROPOSAL
Waterbury, CT (LifeNews.com) --
A Connecticut city council has scraped a
proposal to turn it into an
abortion-free zone by prohibiting
abortions there. Though dozens of
pro-life advocates packed a meeting,
city officials turned it down.
LAWSUITS WOULD STOP BILLIONS ON
EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH IN
CALIFORNIA
Sacramento,
CA (LifeNews.com)
--
Several groups have filed lawsuits
seeking to halt a plan approved by
voters last fall that would have the
state spending $6 billion in taxpayer
funds on embryonic stem cell research
and human cloning to generate stem
cells.
SUPREME COURT DENIES HEARING CHALLENGE
TO ROE V. WADE ABORTION CASE
Washington,
DC (LifeNews.com) --
The Supreme Court will not hear a
challenge to the 1973 Roe v. Wade case
that allowed unlimited abortion.
Norma McCorvey, the Roe in the case,
hoped to have the court overturn it
based on new evidence of abortion's
adverse impact on women.
SUPREME COURT WILL HEAR OREGON ASSISTED
SUICIDE CASE
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com)
--
The Supreme Court will weigh in on the
issue of assisted suicide as it
considers a case that could affect
whether the drugs used in the suicides
are subject to federal control. The
decision could affect whether or not
Oregon's first-in-the-nation assisted
suicide law will continue to allow
people to die with the help of a doctor.