Terri Schiavo case is really about disability rights
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Oral argument on the Terri Schiavo case is scheduled for today in the Florida Supreme Court. Seventeen national disability organizations filed a friend-of-the-court brief, the third disability brief in the case.
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Legal authorities in Britain faced an ethical dilemma over whether doctors should continue to prolong the life of a nine-month-old baby who suffers from a rare genetic disorder.
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NEW YORK Fourteen years after Theresa Schiavo slipped into a vegetative state, Florida&#39;s highest court said Thursday that Governor Jeb Bush had violated the constitutional tenet of separation of powers when he signed a law to keep Schiavo alive against
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Advocates for the mentally ill are trying to secure voting rights while concern mounts about the risks of voting by people with conditions like dementia.
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The court said that Gov. Jeb Bush violated separation of powers when he signed a law to keep Theresa Schiavo alive.
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By J. W.  NOT everyone who has a severe disability uses a wheelchair or crutches.  My husband is a genuine disabled driver and has to drive around until he gets a space.  Just because people do not use any of the provided spaces doesn't mean you aren't disabled.
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The law that kept Terri Schiavo alive the past 11 months has been struck down by The Florida Supreme Court. Terri Schiavo has been on life support since she suffered a heart attack in 1990, which left her with severe brain damage.
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At first glance, the story seemed straightforward. There was a vulnerable victim, a threat to her health and a violation of her rights.
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An Indian court&#39;s refusal to allow a terminally-ill patient to donate his organs has triggered a legal debate. Venkatesh, 25, has a genetic neurological disorder and wants his life support system turned off before his organs suffer irreparable damage.
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Under scrutiny the case in which a male patient died earlier this year, showing symptoms consistent with a rare and invariably fatal brain disease.
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Since Andrea Yates first stood trial on charges of drowning three of her five children, the facts of the case haven&#039;t changed. What her defense teams hopes has changed is the public&#039;s view of mentally ill defendants.
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A ruling by Switzerland's highest court released Friday has opened up the possibility that people with serious mental illnesses could be helped by doctors to take their own lives.
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Despite critics who say patientsâ bills of rights laws are actually designed to protect health care providers, new research published in the current issue of the American Journal of Medicine found just the opposite.
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The biggest name in the race between a Florida circuit judge and his rival is one voters will never hear the two candidates speak &#151; Terri Schiavo.
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With their legal options dwindling, the parents of brain-damaged Terri Schiavo renewed a plea to their son-in-law and legal adversary: divorce our daughter and give up the fight.
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Disability insurance coverage can make a big difference in the lives of disabled workers and their families.
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Florida Supreme Court has struck down a law that blocked Terri Schiavo&#39;s husband from removing the brain-damaged woman&#39;s feeding tube.