Terri schiavo robert schindler biography
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Terri Schiavo, a year-old Florida woman who was in a persistent vegetative state for the 15 years before her death on Mar. 31, , was at the centre of a political, legal and media tempest over the removal of a feeding tube. Hyperbole has run high on both sides of the controversy. Religious conservatives have decried the removal of her feeding tube as a “mortal sin”; defenders of a “right to die” have claimed that “Congress will now go trampling into the most, private, personal and painful decisions families must make.”1 At the centre of the storm lay Terri Schiavo, her husband and her parents — all grievously struck by tragedy 15 years ago. Unable to agree on how to move forward, Schiavo's husband and parents sought remedy in the courts.
On Feb. 25, , Terri Schiavo suffered a cardiac arrest caused by hypokalemia induced by an eating disorder.2 Severe anoxic encephalopathy ensued. Several months after the incident, computed tomography revealed severe atrophy of both cerebral hem
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Terri Schiavo case
American right-to-die legal case
The Terri Schiavo case was a series of court and legislative actions in the United States from to , regarding the care of Theresa Marie Schiavo (née Schindler) (; December 3, &#;– March 31, ), a woman in an irreversible persistent vegetative state. Schiavo's husband and legal guardian argued that Schiavo would not have wanted prolonged artificial life support without the prospect of recovery, and, in , he elected to remove her feeding tube. Schiavo's parents disputed her husband's assertions and challenged Schiavo's medical diagnosis, arguing in favor of continuing artificial nutrition and hydration.[1][2] The highly publicized and prolonged series of legal challenges presented by her parents, which ultimately involved state and federal politicians up to the level of George W. Bush, the then U.S. president, caused a seven-year ( to ) delay before Schiavo's feeding tube was ultimately removed.
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In , year-old Terri Schiavo fell into a persistent vegetative state after suffering cardiac arrest. A fierce highly public battle took place between her parents, Robert and Mary Schindler, and her husband, Michael Schiavo, who wanted to disconnect her feeding tube. Terri's husband argued that his wife would not have wanted her life artificially prolonged, with no hope of recovery.
Terri Schiavo's case spurred an emotional nationwide and international heated debate over quality of life, right-to-die and end-of-life issues.
Though the courts sided with Michael Schaivo, the state legislature passed a bill, known as Terri's law, giving Florida Gov. Jeb Bush authority to prevent the removal of the feeding tube. After much back and forth involving state and federal courts, Terri's feeding tube was removed, ending the long legal struggle over her fate when she died eleven years ago today on March 31, at the age of
A family photo show Terri Schiavo and her mother at Terri's hospital