Schiavo's Parents Don't Believe Autopsy Results

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Schiavo's Parents Don't Believe Autopsy Results
Examiner Backs Up Contention Schiavo Was In Persistent Vegetative State

TAMPA, Fla. -- The attorney for Terri Schiavo's parents says they continue to believe their daughter was not in a persistent vegetative state, despite the results of an autopsy.

David Gibbs said Bob and Mary Schindler plan to discuss the autopsy with other medical experts and may take some unspecified legal action. The Schindlers fought their son-in-law in court over their daughter's fate for nearly seven years.

schiavo's family has accused her husband of abusing her, which he denies. They also said she was minimally conscious, but the autopsy released Wednesday backed up the contention of Schiavo's husband that she was in a persistent vegetative state.

It found that she had massive and irreversible brain damage, and that she was blind. The autopsy also found that her brain was about half of normal size when she died.

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