Which of these is a FALSE statement about the Schiavo case?
A. Advocates claimed that the 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. Michael Schiavo won a malpractice case against Terri's obstetrician for failing to diagnose in her an eating disorder and potassium deficiency.
E. 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.
Answer: C
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