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PINELLAS PINES, Florida (CNN) -- A lawyer for the husband of Terri Schiavo, the brain-damaged woman at the center of a Florida right-to-die controversy, said Wednesday a new law allowing Gov. Jeb Bush to order her feeding tube reinserted is unconstitutional. A circuit court judge in Pinellas County on Tuesday rejected a request for an emergency injunction filed by Schiavo's husband Michael which would have prevented the re-feeding of his wife, but the judge did give attorneys five days to file paperwork for a permanent injunction. "Each of us -- and the Florida Supreme Court has said this -- has a right to control our own body," said George Felos, who represents Michael Schiavo. "We have a fundamental right to make our own medical treatment choices, and the state doesn't have a right to override our wishes." Felos also said Terri Schiavo cannot recover, despite her family's assertions. "If you look at a brain scan of Terri, where her cerebral cortex used to be is a black hole filled with spinal fluid," he said. "There is simply no hope of recovery for Terri." But Schiavo's father, Bob Schindler, insisted Wednesday his daughter is "alert, active, a live human being" and said videotapes that showed her condition had moved Florida Gov.
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