CLEARWATER, October 28, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Florida Supreme Court has granted a stay of the order allowing brain-disabled Terri Schiavo’s estranged husband and guardian, Michael Schiavo, to remove her feeding tube.
The court gave Florida Governor Jeb Bush until November 29 to appeal the decision to the US Supreme Court. Bush was denied a revisit of the September Supreme Court decision that ruled Terri’s Law, a law enacted by the Florida legislature to prevent her death, as unconstitutional. Meanwhile, George Felos, the euthanasia activist lawyer acting on behalf of Michael Schiavo, asked Circuit Judge George Greer to allow Michael to pull the feeding tube on November 9. Greer said he would rule Friday on whether he would grant the November 9th date, but said it would likely be later than that.
Michael Schiavo has been battling Terri Schiavo’s parents in the courts for the right to end his wife’s life. Although he is her legal guardian, he has not instituted rehabilitative therapy for her as mandated by the courts, and has been living with another woman with whom he already has children. Terri, although labeled vegetative by the courts, responds and communicates with her family. Read Monday’s related LifeSiteNews.com coverage: Florida Governor Bush Appeals Schiavo Case to US Supreme Court https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2004/oct/04102503.html tv