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...wisest words at the end of Terri Schiavo's life came from her sister, Suzanne Vitadamo: "We would ask that all of those who support our family be completely kind in their words and deeds toward others." That turned out to be a bridge too far for Congressman Tom DeLay, who called down fire and brimstone upon the American judiciary. "The time will come for the men responsible for this to answer for their behavior, but not today," said the congressional jihadist, whose unholy combination of ethical relativism and moral vitriol has been, well, a godsend for Democrats...
...polls. Yes, the vast majority disdain the politicians who chose to exploit the case. And yes, a solid majority would not want their own lives prolonged in a similar situation. But the questions that cut closest to home are the family issues. What would you do if Terri Schiavo were your daughter? Why couldn't Michael Schiavo just give custody over to the parents? What do we do about custody in a society where the parent-child bond is more durable than many marriages? The President's solution, to "err on the side of life," seems the only humane answer...
...continent away from the political battle that has surrounded Terri Schiavo, a radical experiment in end-of--life policy has unfolded much more quietly over the past seven years. Oregon's Death with Dignity Act, twice approved in statewide voter referendums, is the only statute in the U.S. allowing doctors to write lethal prescriptions for terminally ill patients who want to control the time and place of their death. The law would not affect a case like Schiavo's: patients qualify only if they are fully conscious and able to administer their own overdose. But Oregon represents a new frontier...
...saga of Terri Schiavo has touched many Americans directly, prompting them to relive difficult decisions they've already made or can contemplate making. That the case became so celebrated, though, is a function of its atypicality. Relatives faced with a situation like Schiavo's, in which the patient has no living will, very often differ about what to do, physicians say, but rarely do the factions become so unmovable and determined to prevail as did Schiavo's husband and parents. Instead, one side usually gives in. Will the Schiavo case change that? Though Schiavo's parents were able...
...intense coverage of Terri Schiavo's experience seems to have made many Americans think, That could be me. Jay Sekulow, chief counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice, which has worked on behalf of Schiavo's parents, doubts that their efforts will motivate more families to take conflicts to court. Instead, he says, "I think people will be much more specific in what they want their medical treatment to be." Indeed, Johanson says that at his hospice, the case is "creating fear in patients that their wishes will not be met"; many are responding by "getting things down...