Terri Schiavo Euthanasia Case

1. Terri Schiavo Euthanasia Case • Terri Schiavo suffers from persistent vegetative stae (PVS) after suffering cardiac arrest in 1990 • Needs feeding tube for daily nutrition • Husband petitions for right to remove feeding tube in order for her to die “naturally” according to her alleged wishes expressed before suffering cardiac arrest

2. Terri Schiavo • Eventually, in 2005, courts give husband right to remove feeding tube • Over a period of a week, Schiavo dies of starvation and dehydration • Whole idea of her right to die was based on unconfirmed testimony that before her cardiac arrest she had mentioned how she would never want to live in a state like PVS

3. EluanaEnglaro Euthanasia Case • Basically Italy’s Terri Schiavo case • Entered a persistent vegetative state in 1992 following a traumatic car accident and became reliant on feeding tube for daily nutrition • Starting in 1999, her father begins petitioning Italian courts for right to remove feeding tube

4. EluanaEnglaro • Father finally gets Italy’s highest court to grant him permission to remove feeding tube in 2008 • Tube is finally actually taken out in February 2009 and over the course of a week, Eluana dies of starvation and dehydration in the same manner as Terri Schiavo • Decision based on the exact same idea of Eluana expressing wishes prior to her accident that she would not want to live in a state like PVS