US State Court Strikes Down Law Keeping Brain-Dead Woman Alive
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The Supreme Court of the US state of Florida has struck down a controversial law that forced the husband of a severely brain-damaged woman to keep her alive by artificial means.
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The Florida Supreme Court rejected a request by Governor Jeb Bush to reconsider its decision to strike down a law aimed at keeping a severely brain-damaged woman alive through a feeding tube.
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Florida&#39;s Supreme Court declined today a request by Gov. Jeb Bush to reconsider its ruling against a state law designed to keep a severely brain-damaged woman alive
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The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a  setback on Monday to Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's efforts to keep a  severely brain-damaged woman on life support despite the wishes  of her husband.
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The High Court has ruled a woman in a persistent vegetative state given an experimental treatment against her family's wishes can be allowed to die.
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Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:    -----    Top Florida Court Strikes Down Tube-Feeding Law       The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ruled unanimously that a law requiring a brain-dead woman to be connected to a feeding tube was illegal.      "We recognize that the tragic circumstances underlying this case make it difficult to put emotions aside and focus solely on the legal issue presented," the court said in its ruling...
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A patient in a vegetative state can communicate using her thoughts, according to research.
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A feeding tube for a severely brain-damaged woman can't be removed until appeals are exhausted in her parents' fight to have a new trial in the long-running right-to-die case, a judge ruled Friday.
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The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday rebuffed another effort by Gov. Jeb Bush to keep a severely brain-damaged woman alive against her husband's wishes.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla.  - An emotionally charged case  pitting a husband against his brain-damaged wife's parents goes  before the Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday for a ruling that  may help decide if she lives or dies.
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By Dan Springer, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Feb. 22--A lawsuit filed on behalf of a woman left with permanent brain damage after she tried to hang herself in the Monroe County Jail in 2002 has been settled for $13.1 million, her attorney said Wednesday.
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A federal appeals court issued a stay of execution Monday for a convicted killer who had stopped appealing his death sentence and was set to be die in the electric chair.
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The husband of a severely brain-damaged woman at the center of a bitter right-to-die dispute asked the Florida Supreme Court on Monday to reject Gov. Jeb Bush's effort to seek another hearing on a law designed to keep her alive.
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SEATTLE - A woman being treated for a brain-wasting condition believed to be related to mad cow disease has died, and an autopsy may help identify the ailment, authorities said.
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TAMPA, Fla. - After being dealt a blow by the Florida Supreme Court, the family of a brain-damaged woman at the center of a bitter right-to-die case still has several legal options as they try to save her life, their attorney said Friday.
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The Supreme Court on Thursday lifted a stay of execution for a serial killer who wants to be put to death, but another court order continued to block what would be New England's first execution in 45 years.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a law that was rushed through the Legislature last fall to keep a severely brain-damaged woman hooked up to a feeding tube against her husband's wishes...