Barbie
02-23-2005, 10:04 PM
Judge Blocks Removal of Schiavo's Feeding Tube (http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-022305schiavo_wr,0,7785360.story?coll=la-home-nation)
CLEARWATER, Fla. — A Florida judge today extended by 48 hours an order preventing the husband of a severely brain-damaged woman from removing a feeding tube that has kept her alive for the past 15 years.
Circuit Judge George Greer stayed removal of the feeding tube until 5 p.m. Friday to consider arguments made at a hearing by the parents of Theresa "Terri" Schiavo, who have waged a long legal battle to keep her alive.
Greer had previously ordered a stay until 5 p.m. today shortly after Florida's 2nd District Court of Appeal allowed expiration on Tuesday of a stay that had kept the feeding tube in place during the legal dispute.
Schiavo has been at the center of a court battle between her parents and her husband, Michael Schiavo, for seven years and the case has become a rallying point for right-to-life activists, advocates for the disabled and proponents of the right to die.
Some doctors say Terri Schiavo, 41, has been in a persistent vegetative state since suffering a heart attack that starved her brain of oxygen 15 years ago.
Michael Schiavo, who is her legal guardian, says his wife had told him she would not want to continue living in such a condition and he won court permission to remove the feeding tube.
His wife's parents, Robert and Mary Schindler, say their daughter could improve with treatment and have fought to keep her alive.
Attorney David Gibbs, who represents the Schindlers, said today, "This is clearly a life-or-death case. There is no need to rush."
Gibbs asked that the stay be extended so the court could consider the Schindlers' request to remove Michael Schiavo as their daughter's legal guardian and to conduct more neurological tests.
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I did a search of another thread where this was discussed...I couldn't find it.
She should live or should she die?
CLEARWATER, Fla. — A Florida judge today extended by 48 hours an order preventing the husband of a severely brain-damaged woman from removing a feeding tube that has kept her alive for the past 15 years.
Circuit Judge George Greer stayed removal of the feeding tube until 5 p.m. Friday to consider arguments made at a hearing by the parents of Theresa "Terri" Schiavo, who have waged a long legal battle to keep her alive.
Greer had previously ordered a stay until 5 p.m. today shortly after Florida's 2nd District Court of Appeal allowed expiration on Tuesday of a stay that had kept the feeding tube in place during the legal dispute.
Schiavo has been at the center of a court battle between her parents and her husband, Michael Schiavo, for seven years and the case has become a rallying point for right-to-life activists, advocates for the disabled and proponents of the right to die.
Some doctors say Terri Schiavo, 41, has been in a persistent vegetative state since suffering a heart attack that starved her brain of oxygen 15 years ago.
Michael Schiavo, who is her legal guardian, says his wife had told him she would not want to continue living in such a condition and he won court permission to remove the feeding tube.
His wife's parents, Robert and Mary Schindler, say their daughter could improve with treatment and have fought to keep her alive.
Attorney David Gibbs, who represents the Schindlers, said today, "This is clearly a life-or-death case. There is no need to rush."
Gibbs asked that the stay be extended so the court could consider the Schindlers' request to remove Michael Schiavo as their daughter's legal guardian and to conduct more neurological tests.
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I did a search of another thread where this was discussed...I couldn't find it.
She should live or should she die?