Following from Cheryl Ford,
Volunteer with www.terrisfight.org:
"Read: Today, the 2nd DCA denied the motion for a stay.
They are using Dr. Wolfson's testimony to base their ruling.
Note: Wolfson has a JD and a doctorate degree in Public Health. He is not a Medical Doctor.
Jay Wolfson, Dr.P.H., J.D.
http://hsc.usf.edu/publichealth/eoh/jwolfson/
B.A., History,University of Illinois, Chicago 1973
M.A., History, New York University, 1974
M.P.H., Community Health Administration,
Indiana University, Bloomington 1975
Dr. P.H., Health Services Organizations,
University of Texas, Houston 1981
J.D., Law, Stetson University College of Law 1993
This is appaling and so apropos. Follows through with the corruption and ignorance in the local courts here in Florida. Terri's feeding tube will be removed on mARCH 18, 2005 AT 1:00PM ET based upon such decisions."
http://www.2dca.org/opinion/March%2016,%202005/2D05-968.pdf
The trial court's decision does not give Mrs. Schiavo's legal guardian the option of leaving the life-prolonging procedures in place. No matter who her guardian is, the guardian is required to obey the court order because the court, and not the guardian, has determined the decision that Mrs. Schiavo herself would make.The legal process utilized by the trial court in this case is not new. Long before Mrs. Schiavo suffered her heart attack in February 1990, the Supreme Court of Florida had already determined that the express right of privacy in article I, section 23, of the Florida Constitution gave both competent and incompetent persons the right to forego life-prolonging procedures