Melissa Trujillo
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/ 1 April 2005

Push for stricter laws after Schiavo’s death

The religious groups that had pleaded with government officials to keep a severely brain-damaged woman alive in Florida are now vowing to push for stricter legal standards when it comes to denying life-sustaining measures to ailing patients. They believe Schiavo’s death could spark off a moral tsunami engulfing other families in similar situations.