The Terri Schiavo Case

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Phil L

 

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October 2, 2015

 

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In 1998 Terri's husband Michael Schiavo petitioned to remove the feeding tube that was keeping Terri alive. According to Michael Schiavo, his wife, who had no living will, had expressed her wishes not to be kept on life support with no hope for improvement. Terri's parents Robert and Mary Schindler denied these claims, stating that their daughter would not want to be taken off the machines due to the fact that she was a devout catholic and would not wish to go against the Church's teaching...
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A series of legal battles were then fought by Terri's parents and her husband. By March 2005, Terri's case included fourteen appeals and countless motions, petitions, and hearings in the Florida courts; five suits in Federal District Court; Florida legislation struck down by the Supreme Court of Florida; a subpoena by a congressional committee in an attempt to qualify Schiavo for "witness protection"; federal legislation (Palm Sunday Compromise); and four denials of certiorari from the Supreme Court of the United States...
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