The husband and sister of a Gibsonton woman in a persistent vegetative state agreed today that the husband is the woman's guardian, heading off a potential dispute akin to the one involving the late Terri Schiavo. ...more

November 25, 2008

A woman kept alive by a feeding tube since a stroke has died, effectively ending a legal battle between her husband and mother in a case similar to that of Terri Schiavo, whose fate became the subject of national political debate in 2005. ...more

September 19, 2008

WEST PALM BEACH - A woman kept alive by a feeding tube since a stroke has died, effectively ending a legal battle between her husband and mother in a case similar to Terry Schiavo, whose fate became the subject of national political debate in 2005. ...more

September 18, 2008

Terri Schiavo suffered heart failure in 1990 at the age of 26, lapsing into a persistent vegetative state. Her husband said she told him she would not want to live like that. Her parents felt otherwise. What followed was the nation's most bitter right-to-die dispute, invoking the courts, the president and even the pope. ...more

August 7, 2008