why did she plead for death?
Because she was in an irreversible persistent vegetative state
Terri Schiavo case
The Terri Schiavo case was a right-to-die legal case in the United States from 1998 to 2005, involving Theresa Marie Schiavo (née Schindler) (; December 3, 1963 – March 31, 2005), a woman in an irreversible persistent vegetative state. Schiavo's husband and legal guardian argued that Schiavo would not have wanted prolonged artificial life support without the prospect of recovery, and elected to remove her feeding tube
the right to die issue came to national attention in 1975 with the landmark case involving Involving Theresa Marie Schiavo what is this case about? It was a right-to-die legal case in the United States  involving a woman in an irreversible persistent vegetative state what is its date? From 1998 to 2005
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Terri Schiavo case [SEP] Introduction
The Schiavo case involved 14 appeals and numerous motions, petitions, and hearings in the Florida courts; five suits in federal district court; extensive political intervention at the levels of the Florida state legislature, Governor Jeb Bush, the U.S. Congress, and President George W. Bush; and four denials of "certiorari" from the Supreme Court of the United States. The case also spurred highly visible activism from the pro-life movement, the right-to-die movement, and disability rights groups. Since Schiavo's death, both her husband and her family have written books on their sides of the case, and both have also been involved in activism over its larger issues.