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[[Image:TerriSchiavo.jpg|right|thumb|Terri Schiavo before her injury]]
[[Image:TerriSchiavo.jpg|right|thumb|Terri Schiavo before her injury]]
'''Terri Schiavo''' (Dec. 3, 1963 – Mar. 31, 2005) was a disabled woman forced to die by dehydration over the objections of her parents, her brother and sister, her church, and millions of Americans. [[Congress]] passed a special law to prevent her dehydration, but it was unsuccessful as interpreted by federal courts.
'''Terri Schiavo''' (Dec. 3, 1963 – Mar. 31, 2005)
was a [[coma]] victim whose plight came to national attention early in the [[Bush Administration (Dubya)]]. The legal issues split the country as much as the [[abortion issue]] of the 1960s and 1970s.
While on a weight-loss diet, Schiavo took in too little [[potassium (nutrient)|potassium]], resulting in [[brain damage]]. Her condition was 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. Courts finally decided to terminate her [[life support]] on March 18, 2005, and she died of starvation and dehydration within two weeks.
was a disabled woman forced to die by dehydration over the objections of her parents, her brother and sister, her church, and millions of Americans. [[Congress]] passed a special law to prevent her dehydration, but it was unsuccessful as interpreted by federal courts.
Schiavo was diagnosed by physicians as being brain-damaged after her husband reported that she had collapsed in their home early in the morning. Her husband Michael Schiavo later started a new family with another woman, whom he eventually married after Terri's death, while insisting on retaining legal authority over Terri despite the objections of her parents and siblings.<ref>http://www.sptimes.com/2005/03/26/Tampabay/She_s_the_other_woman.shtml]</ref>
Schiavo was diagnosed by physicians as being brain-damaged after her husband reported that she had collapsed in their home early in the morning. Her husband Michael Schiavo later started a new family with another woman, whom he eventually married after Terri's death, while insisting on retaining legal authority over Terri despite the objections of her parents and siblings.<ref>http://www.sptimes.com/2005/03/26/Tampabay/She_s_the_other_woman.shtml]</ref>