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Italian Court Keeps Girl's Feeding Tube in Place

In Italy, the Supreme Judges made the right decision:

Italy's Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a man's appeal to remove a feeding tube keeping his daughter alive, weeks after a bitter row over brain-damaged Terri Schiavo divided the United States.

The Italian court confirmed an earlier ruling that called feeding Eluana Englaro, in a vegetative state following a 1992 car crash, a "necessary act."

It said a decision to remove the tube required "valuations of life and death that are rooted in concepts of an ethical or religious nature, which are extrajudicial," and said that the issue was also outside the powers of Englaro's father.

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Posted by tim at April 21, 2005 8:31 AM

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Comments

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Posted by: gid at April 21, 2005 2:29 PM

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Posted by: gid at April 21, 2005 2:30 PM