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10/15/2003 Archived Entry: "Fla. Court OKs Removal of Feeding Tube"

TERRI SCHIAVO OUT OF TIME?: An appeals court in Florida has okayed the removal of a feeding tube from Terri Schiavo but Gov. Jeb Bush says he's still trying to find a way to intervene in the case.

The tube removal came just hours after Gov. Jeb Bush told Bob Schindler and his wife, Mary, he was instructing his legal staff to find some means to block the court order allowing Michael Schiavo to end his wife's life.

"We are going to seek whatever legal alternatives are available and seek the best minds to find another avenue to submit to the courts to see if there can be a change in this ruling," Bush said at an appearance in Dover dedicating new housing for migrant workers.

"I am not a doctor, I am not a lawyer. But I know that if a person can be able to sustain life without life support, that should be tried," the governor said, adding the "ultimate decision of this is in the courts."

We covered the Schiavo case here a few days ago thanks to a note from Rachel Alexander. You can find that blog entry here. You can read the latest news here.

[Update - 4:51pm] Kevin Michael Grace dedicates a poem to Terri here.