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The life and death tug-of-war over Terri Schiavo is a 12-year-old court battle that remained under the radar of most major news outlets until recently. WorldNetDaily was among the first national news organizations to cover the story back when it primarily occupied the headlines of the local press in Southwest Florida, in November 2002. As the rest of the news world works to catch up on this complex, multifaceted, precedent-setting case, readers have asked WND about errors and glaring omissions in the current widespread media coverage.... In view of this, WorldNetDaily has decided to mine our extensive archives to compile...

The Death of Terri Schiavo By Jennifer King April 8, 2005 As Terri Schiavo gasped her way to the painful death ordered for her by a renegade judge, outrage about this blatant travesty of justice still lingers. What seems indisputable is that Michael Schiavo was assuredly not looking out for his wife's best interests, or fulfilling a long ago made vow. Michael's actions throughout bespeak selfish cruelty with a streak of sadism mixed in. Were Michael and Terri Schiavo happily married before her bizarre "collapse"? Family members insist that Terri was considering divorce, because Michael was controlling and authoritative, and...

<p>In a situation recalling the recent death of Terri Schindler-Schiavo in Florida, an 81-year-old widow, denied nourishment and fluids for nearly two weeks, is clinging to life in a hospice in LaGrange, Ga., while her immediate family fights desperately to save her life before she dies of starvation and dehydration.</p>

It’s one of those moments when the abyss seems to open up at one’s feet. There is no surprise, of course, in the fact that a judge should have affirmed the right of a husband with an obvious interest in getting his wife out of the way to starve her to death just because she is prevented by illness from protesting about it. The ugly fiction of "choice" as the justification for appalling barbarity towards the innocent and helpless has never been more naked, but it has always been pretty apparent to anyone with eyes to see. No, what is...