Terri Schiavo — Update 9

Here are today’s (March 17, 2005) developments:

• United States House of Representatives passes bill to prevent removal of Terri’s feeding tube.
• United States Senate will take up different, but similar, bill on Friday (3/18/05).
• Terri’s parents file request for emergency order with United States Supreme Court.
• Florida House of Representatives passes bill to keep feeding tube in place.
• Florida Senate to consider different, but similar, bill.
• Some Florida legislators think it may be impossible to reconcile differences between the two bills.