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>i oose sympathy with some of the parents of this board >when i see this sort of craziness keeping 'alive' a >woman in circumstances any reasonable person would >rather be dead. > >>http://www.abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20031103_2165.html >> >>'Terri's Law' Spouse Wants In-Laws Out >>Husband in Florida Right-To-Die Case Moves to Exclude >>Wife's Parents in Trial Over 'Terri's Law' >> >>The Associated Press >> >>CLEARWATER, Fla. Nov. 3 — Attorneys for the husband of >>a severely brain-damaged woman filed court papers >>Monday seeking to have her parents excluded from a >>legal battle over a hastily passed state law that >>empowered Gov. Jeb Bush to keep her alive. >>Lawyers for Michael Schiavo contend that the law >>violates the state constitution, infringing on his >>wife Terri Schiavo's right to privacy and the >>constitution's separation of power provisions. >> >>The special law passed by the state legislature last >>month allowed Gov. Jeb Bush to order that Terri >>Schiavo's feeding tube which has kept her alive for >>more than a decade be reinserted six days after her >>husband ordered it removed. >> >>Michael Schiavo has been battling in court for years >>to carry out what he says is his wife's wish not to be >>kept alive artificially. >> >>His wife's parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, have >>fought him, saying their daughter had no such wishes >>and is not in a permanent vegetative state, as a >>probate judge has declared. They say she is responsive >>and could improve with therapy. >> >>The Schindlers have filed documents seeking a judge's >>permission to become parties in their son-in-law's >>challenge to the new law. >> >>Michael Schiavo's attorneys contend that while the >>Schindlers arguably had a stake in the battle, the >>legal challenge of what has been dubbed "Terri's Law" >>is between her husband and the governor's attorneys. >> >>Doctors and a judge have ruled that Terri Schiavo is >>in a persistent vegetative state with no hope for >>recovery. She suffered severe brain damage in 1990 >>when her heart stopped beating cutting off oxygen to >>her brain because of a chemical imbalance. >> >>Circuit Court Judge W. Douglas Baird would have to >>grant permission for the Schindlers to enter the >>lawsuit. >> >>photo credit and caption: Terri Schiavo is shown in >>this Aug. 11, 2001 video photographed and released by >>her parents. Attorneys for the husband of Schiavo >>filed court papers Monday, Nov.3, 2003 seeking to have >>her parents excluded from a legal battle over a >>hastily passed state law that empowered Gov. Jeb Bush >>to keep her alive. (AP Photo/Schindler Family Video)
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