Terri Schiavo: External Links

The following are External Links related to the main article on Terri Schiavo. See related article Bush administration opportunism.

• Excellent coverage summer 2005 with news snips at Billmon.org blogspot.
• Terri Schiavo Legal News Links at FindLaw.com.
• 'Compromise Bill' Re: Terri Schiavo Signed Into Law by President George W. Bush, March 21, 2005.
• Roll Call Vote No. 90 Tally on the "Compromise Bill".
• Terri Schiavo at Wikipedia
• [1] News on Michael Schiavo
• http://www.terrisfight.org/
• Schiavo movie (by W. J. Tietjen, Bellarmine Biology faculty member)
• Abstract Apppeal page on Terri Schiavo
• Terri Schiavo's Right To Live many useful links
• Biggest Myth On Schiavo Case That Everyone Keeps Repeating

2003

• Hugo Kugiya, Part 2: "A Husband’s Certainty. Florida man says wife wouldn’t want to live in vegetative state," Newsday, April 14, 2003. Part 1: "A Life Or Death Issue. Florida woman's fate contested,", April 13, 2003, and Part 3: "Seeing Signs Of Life. Woman is aware, her family says,", April 15, 2003. Registration/fees apply.
• "Judge Lets Parents Challenge Custody Of Schiavo," local6.com, November 5, 2003. Contains links to previous stories October 22-November 4, 2003.
• How Terri's Law came to pass St. Peterburg Times, November 2, 2003

2005

• "Schiavo case highlights eating disorders," USA Today, February 25, 2005.
• Art Caplan, "Have Conservatives Bought Bioethics?," blog.bioethics.net, March 5, 2005.
• Leigh Hopper, "Hospitals can end life support. Decision hinges on patient's ability to pay, prognosis," Houston Chronicle, March 8, 2005.
• Tim Reid, "America holds its breath over woman's right to live – or die," Times Online, March 19, 2005.
• Andrew Cohen, "Trial By Legislation," CBS News, March 19, 2005.
• Editorial: "Political exploitation worsens Schiavo tragedy," Palm Beach Post, March 19, 2005.

March 20

• Ellis Henican, "DeLay hammers home his heartless influence on Terri," Newsday, March 20, 2005.
• Dina Cappielo, "Schiavo case differs from 2 situations in Houston. Texas' 1999 statute wouldn't resolve such a dispute in Florida," Houston Chronicle, March 20, 2005.
• Robin Toner and Carl Hulse, "Congress Ready to Approve Bill in Schiavo Case," New York Times, March 20, 2005.
• Robin Toner and Carl Hulse, "House Members Hold Sunday Night Session on Schiavo Bill," New York Times, March 20, 2005.
• Laura Flanders, "It's Not About Terri Schiavo," BuzzFlash, March 20, 2005.
• Steven Thomma, "Social conservatives flex political muscle in Schiavo case," Knight Ridder Newspapers, March 20, 2005.
• Mark A.R. Kleiman, "Schiavo, Hudson, and Nikolouzos," markkleiman.com, March 20, 2005.

March 21

• Tim Reid, "Bush rushes to sign law putting food tube back in coma woman," Times Online, March 21, 2005.
• Wes Allison, "Political heft behind bill: DeLay. The House majority leader has made Terri Schiavo's case his own. 'He's the catalyst for this Congress,' a colleague says," St. Petersbury Times, March 21, 2005.
• "A Quorum of Savages: Notes from the Debate of the Deluded," The Rude Pundit, March 21, 2005. WARNING: offensive language, but, as always, on point.
• "New law keeping woman alive," News.com.au, March 21, 2005.
• Rude One, "Briefly Noted: "Unanimous" Senate Vote on Schiavo Bill," The Rude Pundit, March 21, 2005.
• Laura Parker, Kevin Johnson and Kathy Kiely, "Does Congress seek due process or political gain?," USA Today', March 21, 2005.
• Editorial: "The Midnight Coup," Los Angeles Times, March 21, 2005.
• Rick Klein, "No quick ruling on feeding tube. Judge doubts Schiavo case is winnable," Boston Globe, March 21, 2005.
• Neil Steinberg, "If it's all about life, why aren't we involved in Sudan?," Chicago Sun-Times, March 21, 2005.
• Judd, "McClellan: Twisting the Facts About 1999 Law," Think Progress, March 21, 2005.
• Kirk Caraway, "Support for life, politics and money," Nevada Appeal, March 21, 2005.
• "Right-Wing Leaders Make Spectacle of Terri Schiavo's Life," American Progress Action Fund, March 21, 2005.
• Eric Boehlert, "When Public Opinion Doesn't Matter," Salon, March 21, 2005: "Polls show Americans overwhelmingly support Michael Schiavo's case. Why is the media ignoring them?"
• "GOP Talking Points on Terri Schiavo: Memo, Obtained by ABC News, Was Circulated Among Senate Republicans", ABC News, March 21, 2005.

March 22

• Nina J. Easton, "Social conservatives see advance of right-to-life effort," Boston Globe, March 22, 2005.
• Charles Babington and Michael A. Fletcher, "Analysts: GOP May Be Out of Step With Public," Washington Post, March 22, 2005. See March 21, 2005, ABC News Poll.
• Manuel Roig-Franza, "Schiavo Case Goes To Federal Judge. Parents Want Feeding Resumed," Washington Post, March 22, 2005.
• Phil Long, Cara Buckley, and Martin Merzer, "Tube stays out as judge deliberates. A hearing on a plea to immediately reconnect Terri Schiavo to a feeding tube ended without a ruling from a skeptical federal judge," Miami Herald, March 22, 2005. Registration required.
• "A Blow to the Rule of Law," New York Times, March 22, 2005.
• "Crazies have a new target in Schiavo drama," Miami Herald, March 22, 2005: "U.S. District Judge Whittemore of Tampa has been assigned a dilemma: Find a remedy in a case in which the rational application of state law, legal precedent, medical testimony and seven painful years of litigation in Florida courts have been tossed aside in a political and religious whirlwind."
• "Judge Refuses to Order Schiavo's Feeding to Resume," CNN/Reuters, March 22, 2005.
• "Judge denies Schiavo feeding tube request," CBC News (Canada), March 22, 2005.
• Ed Kilgore, Comment in Talking Points Memo, March 22, 2005.
• David Crowley, "'Terri Schiavo and the abuse of power'," The Smirking Chimp, March 22, 2005.
• Craig Gordon, "Ethicists: Bush changed stance," Newsday, March 22, 2005.
• Tristram Hunt, "For Bush, science is a dirty word. In America's right-to-die controversy the facts were not allowed to get in the way of evangelical populism," Guardian/UK, March 22, 2005.
• Molly Ivins, "Praying for a real miracle in Schiavo's behalf," Creators Syndicate, March 22, 2005.
• "Congress reaches into a family dispute," Miami Herald, March 22, 2005: "Our opinion: Intervention in Shiavo Case is Unwarranted, Wrong."
• Janet Hook, "Some in GOP Fear Effort May Alienate Voters. Advocates of smaller government could be turned off, analysts say. But others insist the action will inspire religious conservatives," Los Angeles Times, March 22, 2005.
• Robert Scheer, "Life, Death and Cynical Grandstanding," Los Angeles Times, March 22, 2005: "Although Schiavo's relatives on both sides of the issue are assuredly acting in good faith, national politicians certainly are not. ... That was clear even before ABC News revealed the contents of a memo circulating among Senate Republicans that trilled over how exploiting this complex case in the most simplistic way would 'excite' the GOP base and would be 'a great political issue.' ... Otherwise, they would have taken up this tortuous issue in earnest long ago. Better yet, they should have trusted the Florida state legal system and doctors who have examined Schiavo's case over and over again."
• August Keso, "Part 2 of Republican Schiavo Plan: Attack the judiciary, weaken it, consolidate power," Progressive Daily Beacon, March 22, 2005: "Matter of fact, their callous and brazen use of Terri Schiavo proves that the Republican Party's need and desire for power has not limits."
• Laurie King-Irani, "The passionate minority and the silenced majority", electronicIntifada, March 22, 2005. This article contrasts the media frenzy in the Schiavo case with that of Rachel Corrie.
• Marie Coco, "Be afraid, be very afraid," Newsday, March 22, 2005: "The corruption of Congress is so complete that its maneuvers are no longer shocking. They're terrifying."
• Paul Waldman, "Off the Deep End," The Gadflyer, March 22, 2005.

March 23

• Wes Smith, Sean Mussenden and John Kennedy, "Terri Schiavo's parents turn to appeals court. Federal judge rejects pleas," Orlando Sentinel, March 23, 2005.
• Errin Haines, "Schiavo appeal to reconnect tube denied," AP, March 23, 2005.
• Phil Long, Erika Bolstad, and Martin Merzer, "Distraught Schiavo parents vow appeal to Supreme Court," Miami Herald, March 23, 2005.
• Carl Hulse and David D. Kirkpatrick, "Casting Angry Eye on Courts, Conservatives Prime for Bench-Clearing Brawl in Congress," New York Times, March 23, 2005.
• Mary Ellen Klas, Phil Long, and Martin Metzer, "State officials may place Schiavo under protective custody," Miami Herald, March 23, 2005.
• P.M. Carpenter, "Republicans Gone Wild," BuzzFlash, March 23, 2005.
• Jay Wolfson, "Terri Schiavo Case: Guardian at Law," Washington Post, March 23, 2005.
• Kevin Yuill, "Private tragedy as political farce," Spiked-online, March 23, 2005.
• Sasha F. Chavkin, "Unmasking the Theocons," Common Dreams, March 23, 2005.
• Cindy Sheehan, "The Amazing Hypocrites," Baltimore Chronicle, March 23, 2005.
• Harold Meyerson, "Target of Opportunism," Washington Post, March 23, 2005.
• Ed Kilgore, "The Schiavo Case: Law, Fact, Dogma," NewDonkey.com, March 23, 2005.
• Richard Sisk and Kenneth R. Bazinet, "Heart surgeon Frist has pulled the plug regularly," New York Daily News, March 23, 2005.
• Adam Nagourney, "G.O.P. Right Is Splintered on Schiavo Intervention," New York Times, March 23, 2005.
• "CNN, Fox featured ex-Schiavo nurse whose affidavit was dismissed as 'incredible' by judge" (March 22, 2005), Media Matters for America, March 23, 2005.
• Bill Berkowitz, "'Revelations': Armageddon comes to prime time," Working for Change, March 23, 2005: "Interminable coverage of the Schiavo case and the Atlanta 'miracle' release reveals 'permanent vegetative state' of cable television's news channels."
• Joe Conason, "Shameless Right-Wingers Exploiting Terri Schiavo," The New York Observer, March 23, 2005: "Did God create Schiavo case to deliver Tom DeLay from political persecution?"
• James Ridgeway with Nicole Duarte, "Doctors-R-Us. Congress members give their medical opinions on Terri Schiavo," Village Voice, March 23, 2005.
• Robert Scheer, "Life, Death and Cynical Grandstanding," The Nation, March 23, 2005.

March 24

• Terence Samuel, "Passion Play. Republicans have turned Terri Schiavo's tragedy into political theater," The American Prospect, March 24, 2005.
• Geov Parrish, "Cold case. Terry Schiavo's life is a hell of somebody else's making," Working for Change, March 24, 2005.
• Bill Berkowitz, "Team Schiavo's Deep Pockets", Media Transparency, March 24, 2005.
• Abby Goodnough and Adam Liptak, "Schiavo's Parents Appeal to the Supreme Court on Feeding Tube," New York Times, March 24, 2005.
• Froma Harrop, "The GOP's Selective Compassion," The Day, March 24, 2005: "I have a question for all those 'culture of life' people praying in front of Terri Schiavo's hospital: Where were you last week when President Bush and the Republican Congress were pushing to cut Medicaid? Medicaid is the medical lifeline for the poor. And, by the way, it is picking up some of Schiavo's hospital bills."
• Sidney Blumenthal, "A confederacy of shamans. The Republicans have cynical motives for trying to stop Terri Schiavo being taken off life support," Guardian/UK, March 25, 2005.
• Maureen Dowd, "DeLay, Deny and Demagogue," New York Times, March 24, 2005: "Oh my God, we really are in a theocracy."
• Marianne Means, "'Congress should not play doctor'," syndicated columnist, March 24, 2005.
• Jason Lewis, "A dangerous intervention in states' rights," Star Tribune, March 24, 2005.
• Sheryl McCarthy, "Cynical games can mean big losses," Newsday, March 24, 2005.
• Ellen Goodman, "Death and politics," Boston Globe, March 24, 2005.
• Editorial: "Rehnquist's Test," Los Angeles Times, March 24, 2005.
• Phil Long, Erika Bolstad, and Martin Merzer, "Supreme Court and state court rule against Schiavo's parents. Attorney: 'She's dying'," Miami Herald, March 24, 2005.
• Richard B. Schmitt, "For Schiavo, Republicans Invite Federal Activism. Congress, unsatisfied with Florida rulings, encourages higher courts to wield power that it usually seeks to limit," Los Angeles Times, March 24, 2005.
• Ronald Brownstein, "Bush Speaks Out and Stays Silent. His responses to the Schiavo case and the school rampage track with the preferences of two core constituencies," Los Angeles Times, March 24, 2005.
• Kevin Drum, "On the Uses and Abuses of Terri Schiavo," Washington Monthly, March 24, 2005.
• "Protesters urge God, Bush brothers to save Schiavo," Reuters, March 24, 2005.

March 25

• Ceci Connolly, "Native Americans Criticize Bush's Silence. Response to School Shooting Is Contrasted With President's Intervention in Schiavo Case," Washington Post, March 25, 2005.
• Lesley Clarke and Mary Ellen Klas, "Gov. Bush's power too little, too much," Miami Herald, March 25, 2005: "Though Gov. Jeb Bush jump-started the state's effort to keep Terri Schiavo alive and has fought for her for two years, some religious conservatives said he hasn't done enough."
• Phil Long, Erika Bolstad, and Martin Metzer, "Options are all but gone," Miami Herald, March 25, 2005: "Legal efforts to have Terri Schiavo's feeding tube reconnected failed, and she was said to be 'in her death process' on her seventh day without food or water."
• "A nation of laws and of separate powers. Our Opinion: Schiavo Case Upholds Integrity of Courts and the Law," Miami Herald, March 25, 2005.
• Howard Kurtz, "Culture War," Washington Post, March 25, 2005.
• James Joyner, "Terri Shiavo Another Shot in the Culture War," Outside the Beltway, March 25, 2005.
• Paul Waldman, "How to Talk About Terri Schiavo," The Gadflyer, March 25, 2005.
• E.J. Dionne, Jr., "A Thin View of 'Life'," Washington Post, March 25, 2005.
• Noah Bierman, Erika Bolstad, and Martin Merzer, "Schiavo's parents appeal another legal setback," Miami Herald, March 25, 2005.
• "Polls Show Drop for Bush's Job Approval: Polls Show Drop From 52 to 45 Percent for Bush's Job Approval; Slippage Among Men, Conservatives", Associated Press, March 25, 2005.
• Bob Herbert, "Era of Exploitation," New York Times, March 25, 2005.
• Julia Scott, "Fact-checking the Schiavo 'experts'," Salon, March 25, 2005.
• Tim Grieve, "Terri? Terri who?," Salon, March 25, 2005.
• Adam Nagourney, "In a Polarizing Case, Jeb Bush Cements His Political Stature," New York Times, March 25, 2005.

March 26

• Mike Schneider, "Schiavo's Father Says She's in Last Hours," AP, March 26, 2005.
• Peter Baker, "Bush's Back-and-Forth Reflects Rift in Party," Washington Post, March 27, 2005.

Post March 30

• Arian Campo-Flores, Arian, "The Legacy of Terri Schiavo", Newsweek, April 4, 2005.
• Bill Berkowitz, "The Schiavo Case's Intended and Unintended Consequences", DissidentVoice, April 5, 2005.
• Mike Allen, "Author Of Schiavo Memo Steps Forward. Sen. Martinez's Counsel Cited Upside for GOP," Washington Post, April 7, 2005.
• Bill Berkowitz, "Deathbed dollars", WorkingForChange, May 3, 2005.
• Joan Didion, "The Case of Theresa Schiavo", The New York Review of Books', June 9, 2005.