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Judge rebuffs Florida’s request
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A state judge refused Thursday to hear Gov. Jeb Bush’s arguments to take custody of Terri Schiavo, leaving the brain-damaged woman’s parents with only the slimmest hopes in their fight to keep her alive.
Bush’s request cited new allegations of neglect and challenges Schiavo’s diagnosis as being in a persistent vegetative state, but Pinellas Circuit Judge George Greer wasn’t convinced.
Greer’s decision came hours after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to order her feeding tube reinserted. The decisions reduce chances for quick intervention to reconnect the tube, which was pulled Friday. Doctors have said Schiavo, 41, likely would die in a week or two without nourishment.
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