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I spent much of last Thursday trying to sort out my feelings about the death of Terri Schiavo. Had I been her mother I would have done my utmost to preserve my daughter's life, just as Mary Schindler did. I would have fought the doctors and the courts and Terri's husband, Michael. I would have railed and screamed and prayed. To watch your precious daughter die by starvation is far more painful than accepting your own mortality: this is a child you have nurtured and played with and shepherded through the turbulence of teenhood and dressed in a wedding gown.Had...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress returned from a two-week Easter recess both emboldened and chagrined by its role in the Terri Schiavo case and the unexpected reaction from the public to it.While a few lawmakers sought to punish the federal judges who rebuffed their hastily passed law aimed at getting Schiavo's feeding tube reinserted, most tried to put some distance between their action in March and what's on their plate this month."I think we ought to let the rhetoric cool off," Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., said Tuesday.Nonetheless, Congress returned this week bubbling with the emotional issues and public...

A leading pastor and theologian says last week's state-sanctioned death of Terri Schiavo marks a turning point for America, and it is crucial for the Church in this country to wake up and mobilize against euthanasia and other signs of the times. Author and Bible teacher Dr. R.C. Sproul is the founder and chairman of Ligonier Ministries. His teaching can be heard daily on the Renewing Your Mind radio broadcast on more than 300 radio outlets in the U.S. and throughout 60 countries. Recently his attention was focused, like that of much of the nation, on the tragic and disturbing...

Terri Schiavo and our Moral Confusion In thinking about the meaning of the tragedy of Terri Schiavo's life and the decisions it has generated, I spent much of Good Friday reading a number of articles by bioethicists, theologians, and various columnists. The entire time, I was haunted by the title of an essay by Stanley Hauerwas, who has written a lot about the moral nature of our care for the severely mentally retarded and more generally of those whose lives are incomprehensible and (thus?) burdensome to us. In "Must a Patient Be a Person To Be a Patient? Or, My...

<p>TAMPA, Fla. ? Terri Schiavo's body was cremated Saturday as disagreements continued between her husband and her parents, who were unable to have their own independent expert observe her autopsy.</p> <p>The cremation was carried out according to a court order issued Tuesday establishing that Michael Schiavo () had the right to make such decisions, said his lawyer, George Felos. He said plans for burying her ashes in Pennsylvania, where she grew up, had not yet been completed.</p>

ALERT: As you know, Terri Schindler-Schiavo has passed away, the victim of an out-of-control tyrannical judiciary, politicians who couldn't or wouldn't stop the judges, and a man who had abandoned his wife long ago and shouldn't have even been allowed to stay as her guardian. The crowds outside Terri's hospice in Pinellas Park, Florida, are all going home, weary from the battle. While Terri is gone now, we still live to fight another day -- and we WILL fight the judicial tyrants, to honor the memory of Terri. We're already formulating battle plans to move ahead in the War on...

"The essence of civilization is that the strong have a duty to protect the weak. In cases where there are serious doubts and questions, the presumption should be in the favor of life." "I urge all those who honor Terri Schiavo to continue to work to build a culture of life where all Americans are welcomed and valued and protected, especially those who live at the mercy of others.” – President George Bush The crime is complete, the deed is done, and the long battle is over. Terri Schiavo is dead. Terri’s so-called wishes if she was ever dramatically injured...

The Legacy of Terri Schiavo From the April 11, 2005 issue: What we can do so this won't happen again. by Wesley J. Smith 04/11/2005, Volume 010, Issue 28 TERRI SCHIAVO IS DEAD. But her death by dehydration last week need not be in vain. Great good can still come from the harsh, two week ordeal she--and to a lesser extent, we--were forced to undergo by court order. Terri's story generated a torrent of compassion. (The root meaning of compassion is to "suffer with," which is precisely what her legions of supporters did.) Hundreds of thousands of people who had...

Nancy Cruzan was a vibrant woman before a car accident injured her 20 years ago. Emotions still linger from Nancy Cruzan’s right-to-die case 10/22/03 No matter how case in Florida ends, 'their agony will not be over.' By: Dennis Graves, KY3 News MOUNT VERNON, Mo. -- A right-to-die case in Florida has brought back memories for some people in the Ozarks. Anyone living in the Ozarks 13 years ago is familiar with the right-to-die issue. Nancy Cruzan died in December 1990 after her feeding tubes were removed. In Florida, the husband and the parents of Terri Schiavo are battling over...