The father of a brain-damaged Florida woman said a judge’s ruling Friday ordering his daughter’s feeding tube to be removed March 18 is ‘a temporary relief.’
The parents’ attorney, David Gibbs, said he will appeal to the US Supreme Court contending that his daughter, who has been severely brain-damaged since she suffered heart failure in 1990, is being denied her religious liberty rights. Gibbs said he and his legal team will work to prevent the feeding tube from being removed on March 18.
The parents say she could be in a minimally aware state and that her husband, who is living with another woman, may not have their daughter’s best interests at heart. Gibbs has filed a motion seeking to have the husband removed as legal guardian. A top Vatican official, Cardinal Renato Martino, also called for the daughter to be kept on life support.
Source: CNN News
