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Terri Schiavo case

American right-to-die legal case

The Terri Schiavo case was a series of court and legislative actions in the United States from 1998 to 2005, regarding the care of Theresa Marie Schiavo (née Schindler) (; December 3, 1963 – March 31, 2005), a woman in an irreversible persistent vegetative state. Schiavo's husband and legal guardian argued that Schiavo would not have wanted prolonged artificial life support without the prospect of recovery, and, in 1998, he elected to remove her feeding tube. Schiavo's parents disputed her husband's assertions and challenged Schiavo's medical diagnosis, arguing in favor of continuing artificial nutrition and hydration.^[1]^[2] The highly publicized and prolonged series of legal challenges presented by her parents, which ultimately involved state and federal politicians up to the level of George W. Bush, the then U.S. president, caused a seven-year (1998 to 2005) delay before Schiavo's feeding tube was ultimately removed.

On February 25, 1990, at age 26, Schiavo went into cardiac arrest at her ho

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Schiavo, Theresa Marie (“Terri”)

(b. 3 December 1963 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; d. 31 March 2005 in Pinellas Park, Florida), brain-damaged patient who became the focus of the lengthiest and most contentious right-to-die case in American history.

Schiavo was born at Nazareth Hospital in Northeast Philadelphia to Robert S. Schindler, an engineer, draftsman, and industrial equipment dealer, and Mary Lee (Tammaro) Schindler, a housewife. She grew up in a pleasant four-bedroom suburban home in Huntingdon Valley, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She, her parents, and her younger brother and sister were a close-knit, devoutly Roman Catholic family. She attended Our Lady of Good Counsel School in Southampton and Archbishop Wood Catholic High School in Warminster, graduating in 1981. She was shy but friendly, and not a good student. She did not date. Just five feet, three inches tall, she weighed about 200 pounds during her senior year. She went on a crash diet and lost between fifty-five and seventy pounds in a few months. Around this time she may have become bulimic.

She met Micha

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Theresa Marie Schindler was born to Robert and Mary Schindler on December 3, 1963. She was the first of three children the Schindlers would have.

Terri was a shy, but comical, child who had an affinity for music, animals and the arts. She kept a small circle of friends and was dear to schoolmates, neighboring families and her own extended family.

Following high school, Terri came into her own. She developed a knack for sketching and doodling. She enjoyed outings with her friends. She was an adoptive mother to the family’s dog, Bucky. Terri attended Catholic School while growing up and remained close to her faith throughout her life.

In 1983, Terri met Michael Schiavo at Bucks County Community College and the two began dating. He was the first romantic interest Terri had.

The couple was engaged within a few months and married a year later at Terri’s church in Southampton, Pa. She was 21.

In 1986, Terri and Michael relocated to Pinellas County, Florida and her parents followed three months later.

In 1990, at the age of 26, Terri suffered a mysterious cardio-respira