Terri Schiavo

Terri Schiavo appears in a video made sometime after her 1990 heart attack, which caused the 26-year-old woman to fall into what courts have ruled is a "persistent vegetative state." She has been at the center of a court battle between her parents and her husband over the removal of her feeding tube. Michael Schiavo says his wife told him she would not want to be kept alive artificially. Her parents dispute that, saying she could get better.

Terri Schiavo, center, poses with her parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, on her wedding day in in 1984. Terri's devoutly Roman Catholic parents insist she would want to live, and that she can be helped with therapy.

Terri's husband, Michael Schiavo, foreground, answers questions with his attorney George Felos, Aug. 26, 2003, in Dunedin, Fla. Michael Schiavo's family says he wants his wife to die with dignity. He has said he will not receive any life insurance money upon her death.

Danielle Harris leans against a large photo of Terri Schiavo and her mother, Mary Schindler, during a vigil outside the Woodside Hospice Villas, Oct. 15, 2003, in Pinellas Park. For the second time, a judge ordered doctors to remove Terri's feeding tube.

Bob, right, and Mary Schindler, parents of Terri Schiavo, join their son Bobby, left, as they address reporters outside the Woodside Hospice Villas, Oct. 15, 2003, in Pinellas Park, Fla.

Terri Schiavo appears in an undated family photo. Terri's parents say she reacts to them, smiles and laughs. But in her condition, family members can be deceived by things like eye movements and reflexes, experts say.

Bob and Mary Schindler, parents of Terri Schiavo, arrive for a private meeting with Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Oct. 15, 2003, in Dover, Fla. Six days later, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush signed "Terri's Law," a hastily passed bill allowing him to intervene, and ordered her feeding tube be reinserted.

Randall Terry, founder of Operation Rescue and president of the Society for Truth and Justice, addresses a press conference to outline plans to fight a court order allowing Michael Schiavo to disconnect his wife's feeding tube, Feb. 16, 2005, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Terri's father, Bob Schindler, sits at right.

Bobby Schindler, Terri Schiavo's brother, meets with Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., March 9, 2005, in Washington. Schindler was on Capitol Hill to support a bill submitted by Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla., which would allow Schiavo's family to go to federal court to seek a decision to keep her feeding tube in place.

John Centonze, brother of Michael Schiavo's girlfriend, Jody, carries roses left outside Schiavo's house by protesters, March 18, 2005, in Clearwater, Fla. Michael Schiavo has been working as a registered nurse and has at least two children with his girlfriend.

Protesters gather outside the Woodside Hospice, where Terri Schiavo is a patient, March 18, 2005. By court order, Terri's feeding tube was removed for a third time.

Pinellas Park police officers arrest David Vogel, in back of vehicle, James Gritz, center, and Leon Richie after trespassing on the Woodside Hospice property, March 19, 2005, in Pinellas Park, Fla. Vogel was attempting to bring Terri Schiavo holy communion.

Terri Schiavo's mother, Mary Schindler, right, and sister Suzanne Vitadamo await the start of a news conference, March 20, 2005, outside the Woodside Hospice in Pinellas Park, Fla.

A group of Christians gather at the Florida Capitol to pray for Terri Schiavo, March 20, 2005, in Tallahassee, Fla.

President Bush steps down from Air Force One as he returns to Washington to be in place to sign emergency legislation that would allow the parents of Terri Schiavo to bring their case to a federal court, March 20, 2005.

Brandi Swindell, of Boise, Idaho, second from left, and Rhoda Flood, center, of New Brunswick, Canada, join others as they pray at a candlelight vigil for Terri Schiavo at the home of Schiavo's husband, March 20, 2005, in Clearwater, Fla.

Terri Schiavo's sister Suzanne Vitadamo, center, gives thumbs-up to the media after visiting Terri with her father Bob Schindler, left, and husband Michael Vitadamo, March 21, 2005, at the Woodside Hospice in Pinellas Park, Fla.

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