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Florida Supreme Court To Hear 'Terry's Law' Appeal
Source: http://www.local6.com/news/3426216/detail.htmlPOSTED: 4:05 pm EDT June 16, 2004
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The protracted legal battle over the life of a brain-damaged woman whose family and husband disagree over whether she'd want to die or be kept alive will move to the Florida Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court agreed 4-3 Wednesday to hear the case over a law allowing Gov. Jeb Bush to order doctors to continue to feed Terri Schiavo by a tube at her Pinellas County nursing home.
Michael Schiavo has sued Bush, challenging an October law which allowed the governor to order the reinsertion of the feeding tube six days after her husband had it removed. Michael Schiavo contends his 40-year-old wife, who has been in a persistent vegetative state for more than a decade, does not want to be kept alive artificially.
Schiavo's parents say she recognizes them and they contend she would want to be kept alive.
Michael Schiavo is arguing the law is unconstitutional because it violates Terri Schiavo's right to privacy and the separation of powers. The governor has defended his action, saying the law allows for another level of protection for disabled adults, especially in a case where the patient's family is at odds over her wishes.
The state Supreme Court scheduled oral arguments on the case for Aug. 31. It took the case from the 2nd District Court of Appeal in Lakeland, which asked the high court to take up the matter as one of "great public importance (that) has a great effect upon the proper administration of justice throughout the state."