April 8, 2005
A Health-Law Expert Looks at the Terry Schiavo Case
George J. Annas, professor of health law at Boston University's School of Public Health
The right of competent patients or their designees to refuse unwanted medical treatment was settled by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1990, but Florida lawmakers nevertheless passed a bill ordering the continuation of Terri Schiavo's life support when her husband tried to remove it. Florida's Supreme Court found that unconstitutional, but last month the U.S. Congress passed legislation, signed by
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