Which of These Is a FALSE Statement About the Schiavo

question 4

Multiple Choice

Which of these is a FALSE statement about the Schiavo case?

• A) Advocates claimed that withdrawal of the feeding tube was discrimination against the rights of a disabled person.
• B) The Florida legislature passed Terri's Law, allowing Gov. Jeb Bush to block Judge Greer's order to remove Terri's feeding tube.
• C) Leading American, Catholic bioethicists Kevin O'Rourke and John Paris supported Pope John Paul II's view that a feeding tube should be considered ordinary, not extraordinary, medical care.
• D) Some neurologists claimed that Terri was neither brain-dead nor in persistent vegetative state but in a newly discovered kind of existence, a minimally conscious state.
• E) Michael Schiavo won a malpractice case against Terri's obstetrician for failing to diagnose in her an eating disorder and potassium deficiency.

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