Another appeal rejected, Schiavo's to approach Supreme Court
 
 
(Note: "A lawyer for her husband, Michael Schiavo, who maintains she had said she would prefer to die rather than be kept in a persistent vegetative state, had argued that reinserting the feeding tube would infringe on his wife’s rights." A PRO-EUTHANASIA attorney, that is -- employed by a philandering 'husband' who has never taken his marriage to Terri seriously and cares NOTHING for Terri's rights, but only for her to be forever silenced so the violence he inflicted upon her on February 25, 1990, will never be told to the world. Read what's here: http://www.michnews.com/artman/publish/article_7384.shtml "Former Schiavo Nurse Tells a Very Different Story" if you want to learn the TRUTH about Terri, who is NOT 'pvs', NOT 'ill' and NOT 'comatose', but is once again facing attempted murder by the 'husband'. Want one more? http://www.etherzone.com/2005/stan032105.shtml)
 
March 23, 2005
 
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Atlanta, Georgia - A US court rejected an appeal by the parents of a brain-damaged Florida woman who had asked that their daughter’s feeding tube be reinserted, according to an opinion issued on Wednesday.

As Ms Schiavo lay for a fifth day without food or water, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals acknowledged the “absolute tragedy that has befallen Ms Schiavo”.

Terri Schiavo’s parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, had asked the appeals court to overturn a lower court’s rejection of their bid to have the feeding tube reinserted.
 
The Schindler’s attorney, David Gibbs, had told the court Ms Schiavo was “fading quickly” and death was imminent.

But, Terri Schiavo's parents vowed today to take their fight to the US Supreme Court

A lawyer for her husband, Michael Schiavo, who maintains she had said she would prefer to die rather than be kept in a persistent vegetative state, had argued that reinserting the feeding tube would infringe on his wife’s rights. The appeals court rejected the parents’ appeal in a middle of the night ruling.

“We agree (with the lower court) that the plaintiffs have failed to demonstrate a substantial case on the merits of any of their claims. We also conclude that the district court’s carefully thought out decision to deny temporary relief in these circumstances is not an abuse of discretion,” Judges Ed Carnes and Frank Hull wrote in the majority opinion.

Judge Charles Wilson dissented, saying: “Theresa Schiavo’s death, which is imminent, effectively ends the litigation without a fair opportunity to fully consider the merits of plaintiffs’ constitutional claims.”

The feeding tube was disconnected Friday. Doctors say Terri Schiavo woman would likely live for one-two weeks without it.
 
Copyright 2005, Reuters.