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...case would be simpler if he were in worse shape. Since the groundbreaking New Jersey ruling that in 1976 allowed the parents of coma victim Karen Ann Quinlan to shut off her respirator, California and other states have permitted families to remove life support from comatose or terminally ill patients. Wendland is neither. Given the precedent the Wendland case may set, right-to-life and disability-rights activists have lined up behind Florence, while bioethics professionals and the American Civil Liberties Union are supporting Rose. "This is a vital public-policy case," declares Wesley Smith, author of Culture of Death...
...grossing foreign-language film that was set to hit the $100 million mark at the North American box office last weekend. Ang Lee's martial arts fantasy features two strong women, a 30ish warrior (Michelle Yeoh) and a willful teen (Zhang Ziyi) just discovering to what uses, good or ill, she may put her powers of physical levitation and female cunning...
...case, keep your bags packed. As it was, either Ray Smith or his brother found himself flying to New Jersey at least once a month during the mother's final illness. "The logistics of keeping a gravely ill parent in her own house are just overwhelming," Ray says. But with Connie's help, Ray and his brother were able to honor their mother's wishes. On Sept. 13, Fannie Smith died peacefully at home...
...steaming response to a decision by DOJ officials to yank the probe from her office and give it to prosecutors in Virginia, U.S. Attorney Wilma Lewis said the action was "not only ill-conceived and ill-considered, but is the latest gambit in an ongoing effort by Director Freeh to move this case from this office, which would not accede to his demands as to how the case should be prosecuted...
Anger and resentment boiled over at the council meeting last night. But ill feelings had been simmering ever since the Boston afterschool initiative was announced last week...