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Judge Won't Order Schiavo's Tube Reinserted A federal judge in Florida refuses to order that Terri Schiavo's feeding tube be reinserted. Attorneys for Schiavo's parents have taken the case to an appeals court in Atlanta.

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Judge Won't Order Schiavo's Tube Reinserted

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A federal judge in Florida refuses to order that Terri Schiavo's feeding tube be reinserted. Attorneys for Schiavo's parents have taken the case to an appeals court in Atlanta.

Terri Schiavo's father Bob Schindler talks with his daughter Suzanne and son Bobby in lobby of the Woodside Hospice on Monday. hide caption

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District Court Ruling

On March 22, 2005, a federal district judge in Florida denies Terri Schiavo's parents' request to reinsert a feeding tube.