Girl, 6, dies from swimming pool injury MINNEAPOLIS  A 6-year-old girl whose intestines were partially sucked out by a swimming pool drain, leading to tougher safety legislation, has died, her family's attorney said Friday. Abigail Taylor's parents were with her when she died Thursday at Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, where she had surgery in December to receive a new small bowel, liver and pancreas several months after she was injured. She suffered setbacks, including a cancerous condition sometimes triggered by organ transplants, family attorney Bob Bennett said. A hospital spokeswoman, Kara Haworth, confirmed Abigail's death but said that she could not comment further and that Abigail's doctors were not available Friday. Abigail, of Edina in the suburban Twin Cities, was injured June 29 when she sat on a wading pool drain at the Minneapolis Golf Club in the suburb of St. Louis Park; its powerful suction ripped out part of her intestinal tract. Her parents, Scott and Katey Taylor, lobbied for tougher regulations to help prevent similar injuries, and in December, President Bush signed a law that bans the manufacture, sale or distribution of drain covers that don't meet anti-entrapment safety standards. The legislation, the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act, is named for another victim, the 7-year-old granddaughter of former Secretary of State James Baker. She drowned at a graduation party in 2002, when the suction from a drain pinned her. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., called the girl "an inspiration for change" who prodded pool-safety legislation that had gone nowhere for years. "I visited her in the hospital, and she just had this incredible spunk, and was very focused on wanting to get this bill through Washington," Klobuchar said. Bennett said the Taylors wouldn't be available to comment Friday. In November, the family sued the golf club and Sta-Rite Industries, the pool equipment manufacturer owned by Pentair of Golden Valley. Gretchen Koehn, president of the Minneapolis Golf Club's executive committee, sent a note to club members notifying them of Abigail's death. The club's "hearts and prayers" go out to the Taylor family, she wrote. ___ Associated Press writers Brian Bakst, Chris Williams and Frederic J. Frommer contributed to this report. Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Enlarge AP This undated photo released by her family shows Abigail Taylor, 6. The family of the 6-year-old girl whose intestines were partially sucked out by a Minnesota swimming pool drain June 29, 2006 says the child has died. Family attorney Bob Bennett says Abigail Taylor's parents were with her when she died Thursday evening at a Nebraska hospital. (AP Photo/Taylor Family)