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Article: Feeding tube appeal denied.(U.S. Briefs)(Brief Article)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- January 14, 2005
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LAKELAND, Fla. -- A Florida appeals court Dec. 29 denied an appeal from the parents of Terri Schindler Schiavo to reopen the case of the woman who is severely brain-damaged. Bob and Mary Schindler's, appeal was based on statements of Pope John Paul II against euthanasia. They say their daughter would agree with the church's position that providing food and water, even by artificial means, was "moral and obligatory." The 2nd District Court of ...