The<unk>  was a series of court and legislative actions in the United States from 1998 to 2005, regarding the care of Theresa Marie<unk>  (née Schindler) (; December 3, 1963 – March 31, 2005), a woman in an irreversible persistent vegetative state.<unk> 's husband and legal guardian argued that<unk>  would not have wanted prolonged artificial life support without the prospect of recovery, and in 1998 elected to remove her feeding tube.<unk> 's parents disputed her husband's assertions and challenged<unk> 's medical diagnosis, arguing in favor of continuing artificial nutrition and hydration. The highly publicized and prolonged series of legal challenges presented by her parents, which ultimately involved state and federal politicians up to the level of President George W. Bush, caused a seven-year (1998 to 2005) delay before<unk> 's feeding tube was ultimately removed. On February 25, 1990, at age 26,<unk>  went into cardiac arrest at her home in St. Petersburg, Florida. She was successfully resuscitated, but had massive brain damage due to lack of oxygen to her brain and was left comatose. After two and a half months without improvement, her diagnosis was changed to that of a persistent vegetative state. For the next two years, doctors attempted occupational therapy, speech therapy, physical therapy and other experimental therapy, hoping to return her to a state of awareness, without success. In 1998,<unk> 's husband Michael<unk>  petitioned the Sixth Circuit Court of Florida to remove her feeding tube pursuant to Florida law. He was opposed by<unk> 's parents, Robert and Mary Schindler. The court determined that<unk>  would not have wished to continue life-prolonging measures, and on April 24, 2001, her feeding tube was removed for the first time, only to be reinserted several days later. On February 25, 2005, a Pinellas County judge again ordered the removal of<unk><unk> 's feeding tube. Several appeals and federal government intervention followed, which included Bush returning to Washington, D.C., to sign legislation moving the case to the federal courts. After appeals through the federal court system that upheld the original decision to remove the feeding tube, staff at the Pinellas Park hospice facility disconnected the feeding tube on March 18, 2005, and<unk>  died on March 31, 2005. The<unk>  case involved 14 appeals and numerous legal motions, petitions, and hearings in the Florida courts; five suits in federal district court; extensive political intervention at the levels of the Florida state legislature, Governor Jeb Bush, the U.S. Congress, and President George W. Bush; and four denials of certiorari from the Supreme Court of the United States. The case also spurred highly visible activism from the United States anti-abortion movement, the right-to-die movement, and disability rights groups. Since<unk> 's death, both her husband and her family have written books on their sides of the case, and both have also been involved in activism over related issues.
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