Bill to halt Schiavo tube removal [Florida House]

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Bill to halt Schiavo tube removal [Florida House]

March 17, 2005 09:56:00 pm

HB 701, Artificially Provided Sustenance and Hydration, Florida House of Representatives, March 17, 2005 [bill to block the withholding of food and water from patients in a persistent vegetative state when the patient did not leave specific instructions refusing artificial feeding]. Read the full text of the bill here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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