Terri Schiavo case

The Terri Schiavo case was a legal battle. It involved prolonged life support in the United States. The case began in 1998 and lasted until 2005. Teresa Marie "Terri" Schiavo was in a Persistent Vegetative State and there was a controversy about stopping life support. ^[1]^[2]

She had collapsed in her St. Petersburg, Florida home because of cardiac arrest on February 25, 1990. This had caused a large amount of damage to her brain. This damage caused her to be in a Persistent Vegetative State. Her feeding tube was disconnected on March 18, 2005. She died thirteen days later.^[3]

References

↑ "Ten Years After Terri Schiavo, Death Debates Still Divide Us: Bioethicist". NBC News. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
↑ Haberman, Clyde (2014-04-20). "From Private Ordeal to National Fight: The Case of Terri Schiavo". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
↑ "How Terri Schiavo Shaped the Right-to-Die Movement". Time. Retrieved 2020-05-15.

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[1] "Ten Years After Terri Schiavo, Death Debates Still Divide Us: Bioethicist". NBC News. Retrieved 2020-05-15.

[2] Haberman, Clyde (2014-04-20). "From Private Ordeal to National Fight: The Case of Terri Schiavo". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-05-15.

[3] "How Terri Schiavo Shaped the Right-to-Die Movement". Time. Retrieved 2020-05-15.

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