Fla. court rejects law in right-to-die case
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The Florida Supreme Court today struck down the law that allowed Gov. Jeb Bush to order the reinsertion of a brain-damaged woman&#39;s feeding tube last year.
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The Bush administration asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to block the nation's only law allowing doctors to help terminally ill patients die more quickly.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla.  - An emotionally charged case  pitting a husband against his brain-damaged wife's parents goes  before the Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday for a ruling that  may help decide if she lives or dies.
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The U.S. Supreme Court refused on  Monday to hear a constitutional challenge to a 1977 Florida law  that bans gays and lesbians from adopting children, the only  such state law in the nation.
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An Indian court's refusal to allow a terminally-ill patient to donate his organs triggers a legal debate.
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A convicted killer who had argued that Florida's use of lethal injections amounted to cruel and unusual punishment was put to death by lethal injection Wednesday night after the U.S. Supreme Court narrowly denied him another stay.
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The law that kept Terri Schiavo alive the past 11 months has been struck down by The Florida Supreme Court. Terri Schiavo has been on life support since she suffered a heart attack in 1990, which left her with severe brain damage.
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A federal judge ruled on Thursday that  the government's ban on a procedure opponents call partial  birth abortion was unconstitutional because it failed to  provide an exception to protect a mother's health.
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An Italian judge rejected a paralyzed man's request to be removed from a respirator Saturday, ruling that the law does not permit the denial of lifesaving care and urging lawmakers to confront the issue.
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CLEARWATER, Fla., Jan 28  - A brain-damaged  Florida woman whose fate has been disputed by her relatives  should be represented by her own lawyer rather than the husband  who wants to let her die, her parents said on Friday.
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The Bush administration has appealed to US Supreme Court in an effort to block an Oregon law allowing doctors to help the terminally ill end their lives.
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An Italian judge rejected a paralyzed man's request to be removed from a respirator Saturday, ruling that the law does not permit the denial of lifesaving care and urging lawmakers to confront the issue.Comment
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An appeals court Wednesday denied a request from the parents of a severely brain-damaged woman for a new trial in the long-running right-to-die case, according to the court clerk's office.
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A federal judge on Thursday ruled  against the government's ban on so-called partial birth  abortions, saying the measure was unconstitutional because it  failed to provide an exception to protect a mother's health.
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Florida Supreme Court has struck down a law that blocked Terri Schiavo&#39;s husband from removing the brain-damaged woman&#39;s feeding tube.
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The Supreme Court today declined to consider whether dying patients have a right to be treated with experimental drugs not yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
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TALLAHASSEE - A bitter legal battle over whether the husband of a brain-damaged woman should be allowed to remove her feeding tube against the wishes of her parents reached the Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday.