TALLAHASSEE - The husband of a brain-damaged Pinellas woman asked the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday to lift a lower court's stay that is preventing removal of the feeding tube keeping her alive.
An attorney for Michael Schiavo, who wants his wife removed from life support so she can die, filed the motion asking the Supreme Court to lift a 30-day stay issued last week by the 2nd District Court of Appeal.
The appellate court in June ruled against Terri Schiavo's parents' efforts to keep her on life support. It issued the stay to give the parents time to try to persuade the Supreme Court to hear another appeal. Terri Schiavo, then 26, collapsed in 1990 after her heart stopped from what doctors believe was a potassium imbalance. The loss of oxygen to her brain left her in a vegetative state.
