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  Fla. Loses Appeal in Terri Schiavo Case
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Last EditedBrandonius Maximus  Jan 24, 2005 12:05pm
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News DateMonday, January 24, 2005 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionBy GINA HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court refused Monday to reinstate a Florida law passed to keep a severely brain-damaged woman hooked to a feeding tube, clearing the way for it to be removed. How soon that would happen, however, was unclear.

The Florida Supreme Court had struck down the law last fall, and the justices were the last hope for state leaders who defended the law in a bitter long running dispute over the fate of Terri Schiavo.

Her husband, Michael Schiavo, contends she never wanted to be kept alive artificially. But her parents told justices in a filing that their son-in-law is trying to rush her death so he can inherit her estate and be free to marry another woman.

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