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President says no options left
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
WACO, Texas — President Bush suggested Wednesday that he and Congress had done their best to help Terri Schiavo’s parents prolong her life, and the White House said it has no further legal options.
“We felt like the actions taken with Congress was the best course of action,” Bush said.
He spoke during a news conference with his counterparts from Canada and Mexico.
White House spokesman Scott McClellan later said, “There really are not other legal options available to us.”
“We have explored all our options previously,” McClellan said.
The brain-damaged woman’s parents, racing against time, asked a federal appeals court in Atlanta on Wednesday for an emergency review of an appellate panel’s ruling that her feeding tube not be hooked up again.
Schiavo’s parents have also vowed to take their fight to the U.S. Supreme Court
Asked what avenues might remain, Bush said, “Now we’ll watch the courts make (their) decisions. But we looked at all options from the executive branch perspective.”
“This is an extraordinary and sad case,” he added.
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