More on EuropeItaly's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is pushing a law through parliament to force doctors to resume feeding a comatose woman in a right-to-die case that has plunged the country into a constitutional crisis. Berlusconi says he is in a race against time to save Eluana Englaro, who has been in a coma for 17 years and has not been fed since Friday in line with a high court ruling that she should be allowed to die.
Italy's Silvio Berlusconi Seeks Law To Keep Comatose Woman Alive
The Huffington Post News Editors, Huffington Post
Sun, 02/08/2009 - 10:54am
Topics: coma italy prime minister silvio berlusconi
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