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Schiavo Case Stirs End-of-Life Debate

By Kathy Lohr
Published April 1, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

Nearly two weeks after her feeding tube was removed, Terri Schiavo died Thursday. Her story and the efforts by Congress and the right-to-life community to keep her alive brought ethical issues concerning end-of-life decisions onto the national stage.

Copyright 2005 NPR
Kathy Lohr
Whether covering the manhunt and eventual capture of Eric Robert Rudolph in the mountains of North Carolina, the remnants of the Oklahoma City federal building with its twisted metal frame and shattered glass, flood-ravaged Midwestern communities, or the terrorist bombings across the country, including the blast that exploded in Centennial Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta, correspondent Kathy Lohr has been at the heart of stories all across the nation.
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