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was a [[coma]] victim whose plight came to national attention early in the [[Bush Administration (Dubya)|Bush Administration]]. 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)|Bush Administration]]. 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 a 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.
While on a weight-loss diet, Schiavo consumed too little [[potassium (nutrient)|potassium]], resulting 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.
Schiavo was diagnosed by physicians as being [[brain-damage]]d after her husband reported that she had collapsed in their home early in the morning.
Schiavo was diagnosed by physicians as being [[brain-damage]]d after her husband reported that she had collapsed in their home early in the morning.
George Felos, an attorney prominent in the right-to-die movement and described by some as "pro-death"<ref>http://www.northcountrygazette.org/articles/101205TerriSchiavo.html</ref> represented Mr. Schiavo and applied to the Pinellas County-Pasco County Circuit [[probate court]] for the right to remove Terri's feeding tube. A judge ordered her death despite objections by everyone in Terri's own family and several medical professionals.<ref>http://abstractappeal.com/schiavo/WolfsonReport.pdf</ref> His order not only required removal of Terri's feeding tube, but ordered the arrest of people who peacefully attempted to give drinking water to Terri rather than let her die of dehydration.<ref>http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/mar/05032402.html</ref>
George Felos, an attorney prominent in the right-to-die movement and described as "pro-death"<ref>http://www.northcountrygazette.org/articles/101205TerriSchiavo.html</ref> represented Mr. Schiavo and applied to the Pinellas County-Pasco County Circuit [[probate court]] for the right to remove Terri's feeding tube. A judge ordered her death despite objections by everyone in Terri's own family and several medical professionals.<ref>http://abstractappeal.com/schiavo/WolfsonReport.pdf</ref> His order not only required removal of Terri's feeding tube, but ordered the arrest of people who peacefully attempted to give drinking water to Terri rather than let her die of dehydration.<ref>http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/mar/05032402.html</ref>
Terri Schiavo was not terminally ill, but she was determined to be in a "[[persistent vegetative state]]". This conclusion was reached by neurologists hired on the side seeking her death, but disputed by neurologists hired by Terri’s parents. Her parents were given the right to a comprehensive examination of Terri by order of the Florida 6th Judicial Circuit court. Two neurologists selected by Michael Schiavo, one radiologist and one neurologist selected by Terri’s parents, and one neurologist selected by the court examined Terri and her medical history thoroughly. The judge declared that Terri was in a persistent vegetative state with no hope of improvement.[http://abstractappeal.com/schiavo/WolfsonReport.pdf]
Terri Schiavo was not terminally ill, but she was determined to be in a "[[persistent vegetative state]]". This conclusion was reached by neurologists hired on the side seeking her death, but disputed by neurologists hired by Terri’s parents. Her parents were given the right to a comprehensive examination of Terri by order of the Florida 6th Judicial Circuit court. Two neurologists selected by Michael Schiavo, one radiologist and one neurologist selected by Terri’s parents, and one neurologist selected by the court examined Terri and her medical history thoroughly. The judge declared that Terri was in a persistent vegetative state with no hope of improvement.[http://abstractappeal.com/schiavo/WolfsonReport.pdf]
==Role of husband==
==Role of husband==
While still married to Terri, Michael Schiavo [[adultery|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>
==Legal dispute==
==Legal dispute==