Federal Judge Rejects Feeding-Tube Plea
From Times Wire Reports
A federal judge in Alexandria, Va., rejected an emergency request from a conservative state legislator that a feeding tube be reinserted into a severely brain-damaged man. Judge Albert Bryan held a hearing by telephone shortly after state Republican Delegate Robert Marshall made the request. The judge did not explain his ruling. Marshall had argued that depriving Hugh Finn of water and food violates Medicaid guidelines.
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