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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)  

'''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.

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.

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. 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.

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.

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.   

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>