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N.O.:
WELL, IT GOES BACK TO THAT SAME ARGUMENT THAT
CAN BE RAISED ON THE ISSUE OF ABORTION. THE
UMBILICAL CORD FOR EXAMPLE IS A FEEDING TUBE.
THE UNBORN AMERICAN SHOULD BE GIVEN THE SAME
RIGHTS AS THAT DYING AMERICAN. THE DUE PROCESS.
AND BECAUSE THERE'S QUESTIONS UNANSWERED
ABOUT TERRI SCHIAVO, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING
FOR. WE DO NOT, DO NOT WANT TO INTRUDE
ANYMORE INTO THAT PERSONS LIFE THEN WOULD BE
NEEDFUL. BUT WE MUST IN SOMEWAY TRY TO SECURE
THAT PERSONS RIGHTS TO DUE PROCESS. TO A FULL
HEARING AND A, A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT
THESE ISSUES ARE.
N.S.:
WELL, DO YOU THINK, WHAT DO YOU THINK IN
PARTICULAR, WHERE DO, HER DUE PROCESS WAS
DENIED. WHAT PROBLEMS DO YOU HAVE WITH THE
STATE COURT PROCESS THAT ADJUDICATED THIS?
N.O.:
I'M NOT AWARE OF THE INTRICACIES OF THE CASE
ITSELF NANCY. BUT I, I DO QUESTION MICHAEL
SCHIAVO FOR EXAMPLE FOR FIVE YEARS HE WAS
SUPPORTIVE OF THE ATTEMPTS TO SAVE TERRI. WHEN
HE FOUND THIS SIGNIFICANT OTHER IN HIS LIFE, NOT
HIS WIFE OF COURSE, AND HAD CHILDREN BY THIS