Government involvement in the Terri Schiavo case

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Terri Schiavo case
Timeline Public opinion and activism Government involvement Palm Sunday Compromise Schiavo memo Persistent vegetative state Living will
Others involved
James E. King Randall Terry William Hammesfahr George Greer James D. Whittemore George Felos George Euripides Tragos
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The legislative, executive, and judicial branches, of both the United States federal government and the State of Florida, were involved in the case of Terri Schiavo. 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 two days later on an appeal by her parents, Bob and Mary Schindler.