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Slate's Hey Wait a Minute: Schiavo's Disability Rights

By Alex Chadwick
Published March 24, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

NPR's Alex Chadwick speaks with disability rights attorney and Slate contributor Harriet McBryde Johnson about case of Terri Schiavo, who has lingered for 15 years in a persistent vegetative state. Johnson is disabled herself, and argues that the removal of the feeding tube without Terri Schiavo's express consent is a form of discrimination against the disabled.

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Alex Chadwick
For more than 30 years, Alex Chadwick has been bringing the world to NPR listeners as an NPR News producer, program host and currently senior correspondent. He's reported from every continent except Antarctica.