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Saturday, March 26, 2005

BREAKING NEWS ~ State judge denies last bid for re-insertion of Schiavo feeding tube
Bernard Hibbitts at 12:54 PM ET

[JURIST] Florida Pinellas County circuit judge George Greer has denied the latest and perhaps last motion by the parents of Terri Schiavo to have their daughter's feeding tube re-inserted. Their motion late Friday [JURIST report] had been supported by an affidavit by one their lawyers claiming that Schiavo had tried to talk and tell her that she wanted to live.

1:43 PM ET - Read Judge Greer's order [PDF]. AP has more. The Schindlers said in a press release early Saturday afternoon that they would file an appeal in the Florida Supreme Court.






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