Original sentence: Florida courts ruled that Schiavo was in a persistent vegetative state.Michael Schiavo has said an autopsy will be performed on his wife,  by Pinellas County's chief medical examiner, Dr.On March 18, 2005, her gastric feeding tube was removed under court order.Petersburg, Florida who spent the last 15 years of her life in a persistent vegetative state (PVS).Supporters of the Schindlers contend that an autopsy is required by Florida law when a body is to be cremated, but the strict wording of the statute states only that the medical examiner has the authority to conduct an autopsy before a cremation if he or she deems it necessary.White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan said that those raising the 1999 bill were “uninformed” and that the “legislation that he signed into law actually {provided new protections{ for patients
Edited sentence: For that reason, the higher courts declined to interfere with the withholding of food and water to Schiavo that was ordered by the trial judge.Higher courts that subsequently reviewed the case did not reexamine that factual finding and determined that the trial judge had not conducted the original trial improperly, which is a legal prerequisite for overturning a trial judge's findings or judgment.Michael Schiavo said an autopsy would be performed on his wife  by Pinellas County's chief medical examiner, Dr.On March 18, 2005, her gastric feeding tube was removed by order of the judge who presided in the original trial.One Florida court made a finding of fact that Schiavo was in a persistent vegetative state.Petersburg, Florida who may have spent the last 15 years of her life in a persistent vegetative state (PVS).Supporters of the Schindlers had contended that an autopsy is required by Florida law when a body is to be cremated, but the strict wording of the statute states only that the medical examiner has the authority to conduct an autopsy before a cremation if he or she deems it necessary.White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan said that those raising the 1999 bill were “uninformed” and that the “legislation that he signed into law actually [provided new protections] for patients