Schiavo nearing death in Florida
A bitter family fight over the fate of Terri Schiavo neared its end on Sunday as the brain-damaged Florida woman edged closer to death, and her parents gave up their seven-year legal battle to keep her alive.
Protesters knelt for Easter mass services on the lawn of the hospice where Schiavo is being cared for after lawyers for Bob and Mary Schindler ended the legal fight that made the case a cause for Christian conservatives and drew in the US Congress, President Bush and Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.
"I'm not saying we wouldn't be open to any idea that comes up. But at this point, it appears that time has finally run out," said David Gibbs, an attorney for the Schindlers, the St. Petersburg Times reported.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The tube feeding that sustained Schiavo for 15 years was halted on March 18 by state court order, spurring a flurry of efforts by the Schindlers to restore their daughter's feeding.
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