Terri Schindler-Schiavo - Fighting For Her Life
Terri Schindler-Schiavo is a young Florida woman who suffered brain damage
following a mysterious collapse in her home in 1990. Her husband and sole
guardian won a medical malpractice settlement on her behalf in 1992 that was
intended to fund rehabilitation and continuing care for her. Instead of
pursuing therapies, however, Mr. Schiavo petitioned the courts for the right
to remove Terri's only physical dependency - a gastric feeding tube that
provides her with food and water. |
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Doing so would cause Terri to die of
dehydration and starvation over the course of many days. Terri's parents
want to care for her but have been denied that right by the Florida courts.
Mr. Schiavo is currently living with another woman and has two children with
her, yet he refuses to divorce Terri and insists that she would prefer to be
dehydrated and starved to death than live as a disabled individual. |
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