Mar 17, 2005 / 22:00 pm
In a race to beat a 1:00pm EST court ordered deadline to remove the feeding tube of brain-damaged Terri Schiavo, lawmakers have issued subpoenas to bring her and her husband Michael Schiavo before a Senate Health Committee meeting on March 28th.
Terri’s husband has staged a multi year battle against her parents to have the feeding tube, which provides Terri with food and hydration, removed. In February, Florida Judge George Greer ruled in his favor and set the March 18th deadline.
David Gibbs, attorney for Schiavo’s parents said that, "It is a contempt of Congress to prevent or discourage someone from following the subpoena that's been issued. What the U.S. Congress is saying is, 'We want to see Terri Schiavo.'"
He added that, "The family is prayerfully excited about their daughter going before the United States Congress for the whole world to see how alive she is."