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The Terri Schiavo case was a series of court and legislative actions in the United States from 1998 to 2005, regarding the care of Theresa Marie Schiavo (née Schindler) (/ ˈ ʃ aɪ v oʊ /; December 3, 1963 – March 31, 2005), a woman in an irreversible persistent vegetative state.
In November 1998 Michael Schiavo, husband of Terri Schiavo, first sought permission to remove his wife's feeding tube. Schiavo had suffered brain damage in February 1990, and in February 2000 had been ruled by a Florida circuit court to be in a persistent vegetative state. Her feeding tube was removed first on April 26, 2001, but was reinserted ...
Michael Schiavo selects neurologists Dr. Ron Cranford and Dr. Melvin Greer (no relation to Judge George Greer). The court selects neurologist Dr. Peter Bambakidis. These five doctors examine Terri Schiavo's medical records, brain scans, the videos, and Schiavo herself.
Terri Schiavo was a Florida woman who, after collapsing from cardiac arrest in 1990 at age 26, entered a persistent vegetative state. Her plight became the subject of legal proceedings and intense ...
The Terri Schiavo case occurred between 1990 and 2005. This case was controversial due to a disagreement between Schiavo's immediate family members and her husband. In the Quinlan and Cruzan cases, the family was able to make a unanimous decision on the state of their daughters.
Terri Schiavo case: United States Florida: 2005 A woman is in a persistent vegetative state. Her husband wishes to remove her life support. Her parents wish her to remain on life support. Marlise Munoz: United States Texas: 2013 A woman is declared brain-dead by her physician. Her husband and family wish to remove life support.
According to an ABC News poll from March 21, 2005, 70% of Americans believed that Schiavo's death should not be a federal matter, and were opposed to the legislation transferring the case to federal court. In the same poll, when ABC said "Terri suffered brain damage and has been on life support for 15 years.
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