House Panel Seeks to Keep Terri Schiavo Alive

House Panel Plans to Issue Subpoenas to Stop Removal of Brain-Damaged Woman's Feeding Tube

Working against the clock, House lawmakers tried to prevent doctors in Florida from removing the feeding tube Friday from a severely brain-damaged woman.
In a two-pronged approach, a House committee was issuing congressional subpoenas to stop doctors from disconnecting the tube, while an attorney for the parents of the woman, Terri Schiavo, said he would ask a federal judge in Tampa to block the removal and review the actions of state courts.
Such habeas corpus appeals seek to require the government to justify its actions...The feeding tube is to be removed today,once removed it could take a week or more for Terri to slowly die.