Terri Schiavo case

Terri Schiavo 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 permanent 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. 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 delay (until 2005) before Schiavo's feeding tube was ultimately removed. Read more on Wikipedia

Their biography is available in 7 different languages on Wikipedia. Terri Schiavo case is the 922nd most popular social activist, the 21,253rd most popular biography from United States and the 159th most popular American Social Activist.

The Terri Schiavo case is most famous for its legal battle over the right to die, following the prolonged vegetative state of Terri Schiavo after a cardiac arrest in 1990. The case sparked national debates on medical ethics, end-of-life issues, and the role of family versus state in making healthcare decisions.