Bills designed to protect Terri Schiavo head to the full Florida House and Senate after clearing their final committee hurdles in both chambers. If passed, the could prevent Terri’s estranged husband from starting a painful week-long starvation process that would ultimately kill her.

Committees in both chambers endorsed competing legislation on Tuesday.

“It is a statement of public policy that, in this culture, we don’t starve people to death,” said Rep. Dennis Baxley.

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