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  • Terri Schiavo is the severely disabled Florida woman who died of starvation and dehydration in 2005 after her feeding tube was removed as a result of a court order.

    Christian network airing documentaries on Terri Schiavo debate BA Haller 2008

  • Even a year after her death, Terri Schiavo is still alive in Florida politics.

    April 2006 2006

  • Michael Schiavo is fighting back against the politicians in Florida who exploited his wife for their own political gain, and doing a little politicking of his own.

    August 2006 2006

  • This is the same dude who diagnosed Terri Schiavo from the Well of the Senate and pronounced her as NOT brain damaged.

    Think Progress » Can You Trust Bill Frist? 2005

  • Unlike people in a persistent vegetative state, Terri Schiavo is indeed responsive beyond mere reflexes.

    Archive 2005-03-27 Laban 2005

  • But there has been little national exposure for a Miami Herald report that Jeb Bush sent state law enforcement agents to seize Terri Schiavo from the hospice - a plan called off when local police said they would enforce the judge's order that she remain there.

    what's goin' on 2005

  • Actually, the whole Schiavo is a political godsend for the Republicans.

    stewart speaks 2005

  • Lets just pick a republican declared one – I believe Schiavo is a great example.

    Think Progress » Rita Evacuation Exposes Class Divide 2005

  • Frank Rich: Terri Schiavo is not brain-dead; she talks and she laughs, and she expresses happiness and discomfort.

    October 2005 2005

  • Unlike people in a persistent vegetative state, Terri Schiavo is indeed responsive beyond mere reflexes.

    "The longest public execution in American history" Laban 2005

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