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Italy: Father can end daughter’s life support

Posted on November 13th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 11/13/2008 By ARIEL DAVIDAssociated Press Writer ROME (AP) _ Italy’s highest court ruled Thursday in favor of a man’s request to disconnect his daughter’s feeding tube and allow her to die after 16 years in a vegetative state. Courts, politicians and the Vatican have weighed in on the fate..
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