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Florida Woman's Feeding Tube Removed

NPR | By Michele Norris,

Ari Shapiro

Published March 18, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

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After more legal wrangling Friday, a feeding tube is removed from Terri Schiavo, a brain-damaged Florida woman. Her husband says that was Schiavo's wish. Her parents and others disagree, saying she could benefit from continued therapy.