As governor, Bush didn鈥檛 shy away from controversy 鈥� or his faith-driven views on life. And in the case of Terri Schiavo, a Florida woman on life support who had been declared brain-dead by doctors, Bush got involved in the legal battle. In 2003, after Mrs. Schiavo鈥檚 feeding tube was removed, the Florida legislature passed a bill granting Bush the right to intervene. He did, ordering the tube reinserted. The law was eventually found unconstitutional. Schiavo died in 2005.
Bush also approved Florida鈥檚 鈥淐hoose Life鈥� license plate. In 2005, he signed a measure requiring parental notification for teenage girls before an abortion.
Bush was raised Episcopal, but in the 1990s converted to Roman Catholicism, his wife鈥檚 faith.
