May 7, 2004

Judge Declares Law Violates Brain-Damaged Woman’s Privacy Right

Judge W. Douglas Baird in Pinellas Florida County Circuit Court ruled a new law is unconstitutional according to state law because it violated the privacy rights of Terri Schiavo, who is severally brain-damaged. Her husband was successful in court challenges against her parents who sought to keep their daughter alive, but the state legislature intervened by passing a law in her name, which was signed by Governor Bush. The law ordered that a feeding tube be reinserted to keep her alive against her husband’s wishes.

Brain-Damaged Woman's Rights Were Violated , Fla. Judge Rules , Washington Post Staff Writer, May 6, 2004