The Terri Schiavo Case PINELLAS PARK - Terri Schiavo suffered heart failure in 1990, when she was 26 years old, lapsing into a persistent vegetative state. For years, Michael Schiavo, her husband, fought to have the feeding tube keeping his wife alive, removed. He said his wife told him she would not want to live like this. Schiavo's parents wanted their daughter to remain alive. The battle involved the courts, the Florida Legislature and Gov. Jeb Bush. Schiavo died at on March 31, 2005 at the Pinellas Park hospice where she lay for years while her husband and her parents fought over her fate in the nation's most bitter - and most heavily litigated - right-to-die dispute.
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Autopsy Shows Brain Damage
LARGO - The autopsy concluded the condition of Terri Schiavo's brain was "very consistent'' with the diagnosis of her being in a persistent vegetative state with no awareness of her surroundings. Full story
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Examiner Focused On Thoroughness
Tears Flow At Tribute To Terri
GULFPORT - Terri Schiavo is in heaven, content and at ease by the side of her grandparents, her sister said Tuesday. Many in the crowd of more than 400 who packed the pews of Most Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church were moved to tears as Suzanne Vitadamo and her brother, Bobby Schindler, eulogized their sister. Full story April 5, 2005: Tears at Mass March 31, 2005: Life of Terri Schiavo Guestbook Comments
Schiavo's Spouse Explains Side, Tells Of Struggle
CLEARWATER - Michael Schiavo faxed a statement to news organizations Monday in which he said he has difficulty accepting a court ruling allowing him to have his wife's feeding tube removed. Full story
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Schindler Family Responds To Statement
We, the Schindler family, wish to respond to the statement of Michael Schiavo published by the media on October 20, 2003. Mr. Schiavo's statement is an exercise in self-justification that completely rewrites the true history of his efforts to have our Terri put to death by starvation and dehydration. Schindler Family Statement
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Case Highlights February 1990: 26-year-old Terri Schiavo suffers cardiac arrest. Because her brain was deprived of oxygen, she lapses into what doctors call a persistent vegetative state. Full story Legal Timeline Timeline: Terri Schiavo's Life
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Terri Schiavo's grave site
Characters In Schiavo Case Live In Its Wake CLEARWATER - The drumbeat of opposition to the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube has given way to the clatter of keyboards in the year since she died at a Pinellas Park hospice. Full story Husband Tells His Side In New Book
Schindlers Find Work Together
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Background: Schiavo Case
The fight to save the life of Terri Schiavo has been going on for more than a decade. Her parents have fought for several years to keep her alive. Her husband, Michael Schiavo, says she would rather die.
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Living Will
Car accident, stroke, disease or other misfortune leaves a person brain dead, and the family must care for a relative in a vegetative state - and without a living will. Multimedia Report Read comments
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