................................
"This definitely tends to intensify over time," said Jack Aiello, a Rutgers University psychology professor. Noting that judicial decisions have come down against those seeking to prolong [Terri Schiavo]'s life, Aiello said their decreasing options are "clearly fueling the fires."
The attacks on his character have become talk-show fodder and high-profile commentary, from the Wall Street Journal's editorial pages to website chat rooms and morning drive-time call-ins. It has also raised the emotional temperature among those standing vigil outside the hospice, where 60 to 80 protesters chant and sing in hopes that Terri Schiavo's life will be extended and where a handful of right-to-die advocates denounce the intrusions.
TARGET: [Michael Schiavo], with his attorney [George J. Felos] in 2003, had a falling-out with his in-laws after doctors concluded after four years of treating Terri Schiavo intensively that she had no meaningful connection with her surroundings or prospects for improvement.; PHOTOGRAPHER: Chris O'Meara Associated Press
8mm
Major media organizations paint the pitched battle over the life of Terri Schiavo as a clear- cut debate between pro-life and right-to-die advocates, bankrolled by big money activist organizations on both sides. But the case of the 41-year-old brain-injured Florida woman is anything but clear cut.
The little-publicized nuances of her 15-year saga often get lost amid the smoldering, post-election political warfare reignited by the intervention of Congress on behalf of Terri. But as President Bush pointed out in a statement on Terri Schiavo, "there are serious questions and substantial doubts" in her case..............
The whole Terri Schiavo story 15-year saga of brain-injured woman no clear-cut, right-to-die case
8mm