US Woman Death Unlashes New Debate

World | April 1, 2005, Friday // 00:00

The severely brain-damaged American woman, Terri Schiavo, has died at a hospice in the US state of Florida. Schiavo had been in a vegetative state for 15 years following cardiac arrest, kept alive through artificial means. Her case was at the centre of a politically-charged right-to-die controversy in the US. Conservative legislators, including President George W. Bush, said there should be changes to the law to favour the "pro-life" stance. Schiavo died 13 days after courts had ordered her feeding tube to be removed. Her husband had argued that she would never have wanted to be kept alive through artificial means.

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