- PINELLAS PARK (AP)
-- A circuit court judge Friday denied a last-ditch effort by the parents
of a disabled woman to reinsert a feeding tube that was disconnected by
her husband.
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- Supporters of Bob and Mary Schindler said the writ of
mandamus would direct Gov. Jeb Bush to intervene in the case of Terri Schiavo.
Leon County Circuit Court Judge Jonathan Sjostrom quickly rejected the
writ.
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- Randall Terry, the anti-abortion activist who has taken
up the Schindlers' cause, said the legal move was made by the Schindler's
attorneys in hopes it would give Bush legal standing to intervene.
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- The governor has been sympathetic to the Schindler's
efforts block their daughter's death, but has said he has yet to find a
legal means to override court rulings that allow Michael Schiavo to disconnect
the feeding tube.
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- The Schindlers want the tube reinserted so law enforcement
can investigate their allegations she has been abused by her husband. Michael
Schiavo has adamantly denied mistreating his wife, and both the Florida
Department of Law Enforcement and the Pinellas County State Attorney's
Office have declined to investigate such allegations.
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