Jackson joins fight over feeding tube
Husband to seek autopsy
PINELLAS PARK, Florida (CNN) -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson arrived Tuesday at Terri Schiavo's hospice and called on Florida lawmakers to have the brain-damaged woman's feeding tube reinserted.
"This is one of the profound moral, ethical issues of our time, the saving of Terri's life," the civil rights leader said. "And today we pray for a miracle."
Schiavo, 41, hasn't had water or nutrients since March 18 and is likely to die by week's end, doctors have said.
Jackson said he contacted Schiavo's husband and legal guardian, Michael Schiavo, to request a visit with her, but "he said he thought no."
Michael Schiavo had no immediate reaction to Jackson's comments.
Schiavo has said his wife would want the tube removed, and he has called on outsiders to stop trying to violate her wishes.
Jackson said he is "sensitive" to the struggles and pain that both Michael Schiavo and Terri Schiavo's parents and siblings, the Schindlers, are undergoing.
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Husband to seek autopsy
PINELLAS PARK, Florida (CNN) -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson arrived Tuesday at Terri Schiavo's hospice and called on Florida lawmakers to have the brain-damaged woman's feeding tube reinserted.
"This is one of the profound moral, ethical issues of our time, the saving of Terri's life," the civil rights leader said. "And today we pray for a miracle."
Schiavo, 41, hasn't had water or nutrients since March 18 and is likely to die by week's end, doctors have said.
Jackson said he contacted Schiavo's husband and legal guardian, Michael Schiavo, to request a visit with her, but "he said he thought no."
Michael Schiavo had no immediate reaction to Jackson's comments.
Schiavo has said his wife would want the tube removed, and he has called on outsiders to stop trying to violate her wishes.
Jackson said he is "sensitive" to the struggles and pain that both Michael Schiavo and Terri Schiavo's parents and siblings, the Schindlers, are undergoing.
To read rest of article, go here: http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/29/schiavo/index.html
