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In spite of the Republican support and Bobby Schindler's persuasiveness, there was formidable opposition to passing a law to save Terri.

The ringleader of the opposition to the Senate bill, according to Bobby, was none other than Senator Ted Kennedy, the Catholic senior senator from Massachusetts.

It struck me as ironic that Kennedy, whose opposition to the death penalty is passionate, led the opposition to a law that would have given Terri the same right to a hearing as condemned criminals. The opposition in the Senate led to the adoption of a compromise bill that gave relief to the Schindlers alone, and not the broader protection offered by the House bill.

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Link to above..By Father Robert J. Johansen

http://www.catholicculture.org/news/features/index.cfm?recnum=37860