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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) (/ ˈ ʃ aɪ v oʊ /; December 3, 1963 – March 31, 2005), a woman in an irreversible persistent vegetative state.
Dr. Victor Gambone, Terri Schiavo's primary care physician, ... The medical malpractice suit against Terri's obstetrician is settled before an appeal is decided ...
In November 1998 Michael Schiavo, husband of Terri Schiavo, first sought permission to remove his wife's feeding tube. Schiavo had suffered brain damage in February 1990, and in February 2000 had been ruled by a Florida circuit court to be in a persistent vegetative state. Her feeding tube was removed first on April 26, 2001, but was reinserted ...
Terri Schiavo was a Florida woman who, after collapsing from cardiac arrest in 1990 at age 26, entered a persistent vegetative state. ... and a lot of questions still need to be answered before ...
The Palm Sunday Compromise, formally known as the Act for the relief of the parents of Theresa Marie Schiavo (Pub. L. 109–3 (text)), is an Act of Congress passed on March 21, 2005, to allow the case of Terri Schiavo to be moved into a federal court.
When respondents were asked the same question on an April 1–2 poll, conducted after Schiavo's death, 53% agreed with the feeding tube's removal while 41% disagreed. [4] Gallup concluded that "These poll results, obtained after Schiavo's death on March 31, reflect an increase in opposition to the removal of the tube compared to mid-March data."
In Congress, Weldon weighed in on one of the nation’s most heated debates of the 1990s over quality of life and a right-to-die and whether Terri Schiavo, who was in a persistent vegetative state after cardiac arrest, should have been allowed to have her feeding tube removed. He sided with the parents who did not want it removed.
In one call, she gave him Verna’s address and her daily routine. They also settled on a price. "$5,000 for the girl. $2,500 for the mother," he said.