TAMPA, Fla. — The law pushed by Gov. Jeb Bush to keep a severely brain damaged woman alive is unconstitutional, a circuit court judge ruled Thursday. The governor's office filed an immediate appeal.

The ruling by Judge Douglas Baird of the Pinellas circuit court voided the law passed in October, just days after Terri Schiavo was disconnected from the feeding and hydration tube which has kept her alive for more than a decade.

The law allowed Bush to order her feeding tube reconnected.

Her husband, Michael, had fought a long court battle to carry out what he said were his wife's wishes not to be kept alive artificially, but her parents have said there were no such wishes.

Michael Schiavo contends his wife never wanted to be kept alive artificially. Her parents, however, doubt she had such wishes and believe her condition could improve with therapy.