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was a [[coma]] victim whose plight came to national attention during the [[Bush Administration]]. The legal issues split the country as much as the [[abortion|abortion issue]].

was a [[coma]] victim whose plight came to national attention during the [[Bush Administration]]. The legal issues split the country as much as the [[abortion|abortion issue]].

While on a weight-loss diet, Schiavo consumed too little potassium. On February 25, 1990, Schiavo suffered a cardiac arrest, possibly due to a undiagnosed weight-loss related potassium deficiency. By the time paramedics arrived, Mrs. Schiavo's heart had not pumped for around 10 minutes, doctors found. <ref>With His Wife in Limbo, Husband Can't Move, N.Y. Times, Nov. 2, 2003 §1, at 18.</ref> The lack of blood flow to the brain resulted in a condition diagnosed as a [[persistent vegetative state]]. Her husband and her parents became locked in a lengthy legal battle over whether to keep her alive. Florida Governor [[Jeb Bush]] and his brother [[President Bush]] sided with the parents, who believed their daughter was responsive. Despite a special law passed to prevent her death, courts finally decided to terminate her life support on March 18, 2005, and she died of starvation and dehydration within two weeks.

While on a weight-loss diet, Schiavo consumed too little potassium. On February 25, 1990, Schiavo suffered a cardiac arrest, possibly due to a undiagnosed weight-loss related potassium deficiency. By the time paramedics arrived, Mrs. Schiavo's heart had not pumped for around 10 minutes, doctors found. <ref>With His Wife in Limbo, Husband Can't Move, N.Y. Times, Nov. 2, 2003 §1, at 18.</ref> The lack of blood flow to the brain resulted in a condition diagnosed as a [[persistent vegetative state]]. Her husband and her parents became locked in a lengthy legal battle over whether to keep her alive. Florida Governor [[Jeb Bush]] and his brother [[President Bush]] sided with the parents, who believed their daughter was responsive. Despite a special law passed to prevent her death, the courts finally upheld the Guardianship Court's authorization of Michael Schiavo's decision to terminate her life support on March 18, 2005, and she died of starvation and dehydration within two weeks.

==Controversy==

==Controversy==

The case struck raw nerves on both sides of the liberal-conservative divide, pitting largely atheistic and materialistic supporters of [[euthanasia]] and "right-to-die" against predominantly religious supporters of "[[right to life]]" and [[human rights]].

The case struck raw nerves on both sides of the liberal-conservative divide, pitting largely atheistic and materialistic supporters of [[euthanasia]] and "right-to-die" against predominantly religious supporters of "[[right to life]]" and [[human rights]]. Libertarians fell somewhere in the middle, disagreeing with Michael Schiavo's decision, but ultimately disagreeing with the governments intrusion into an incredibly personal decision.

===Keep her alive===

===Keep her alive===