Terri Schiavo case

==Developments since Schiavo's death==
Since Terri Schiavo's death in March 2005, her family and Michael Schiavo have clashed a number of times. Each side has also worked to promote their own causes related to the case. In April 2005, the families disagreed over Schiavo's burial. The Schindlers had wanted her body to be buried in Florida, while Michael Schiavo said at the time that he would cremate her body and then have her ashes buried in her home state of [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Parents Hold Funeral Mass for Terri Schiavo|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,152578,00.html|agency=Associated Press|date=April 6, 2005|access-date=November 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017162549/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,152578,00.html|archive-date=October 17, 2012|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In June 2005, however, Schiavo's ashes were buried in Florida instead. The words "I kept my promise" were included on the marker, referring to his promise to follow what he said was her wish not to be kept alive artificially. The statement angered the Schindlers.<ref>{{cite news|title=Even in Death, Acrimony over Schiavo|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/8299372|agency=Associated Press|date=June 21, 2005}}</ref>

In December 2005, Michael Schiavo created a [[political action committee]], TerriPAC. It was formed to raise money to support right-to-die candidates and oppose candidates who had voted for government involvement in the Schiavo case.<ref name="TerriPAC OS">{{cite web|last=Lytle|first=Tamara|title=Schiavo turns rage into TerriPAC|url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2005-12-08/news/SCHIAVO08_1_weldon-feeding-tube-congressional-action|newspaper=Orlando Sentinel|date=December 8, 2005|access-date=November 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016002224/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2005-12-08/news/SCHIAVO08_1_weldon-feeding-tube-congressional-action|archive-date=October 16, 2013|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 2007, TerriPAC paid a $1,350 fine to the [[Federal Election Commission]] for failing to file complete and timely records.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioethics.miami.edu/research-and-clinical-ethics/terri-schiavo-project/timeline-of-key-events/part-2/index.html|title=Schiavo Timeline, Part 2|publisher=University of Miami Ethics Programs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109181156/http://bioethics.miami.edu/research-and-clinical-ethics/terri-schiavo-project/timeline-of-key-events/part-2/index.html|archive-date=January 9, 2018|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Schiavo shut down the PAC later that year.<ref>{{cite web|title=TerriPAC|url=http://www.terripac.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010233255/http://www.terripac.com/|archive-date=October 10, 2007|access-date=November 26, 2012}}</ref>

The Schindlers continued operation of the Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation, with a new goal of helping individuals in situations similar to Terri's. In April 2010, Michael Schiavo charged that the Schindlers were improperly using Terri's name, as he held the rights to it, and that the family was using the foundation in order to make money. A Florida television station looked at the foundation's tax records and found that for 2008, it paid 64% of the $91,568 it raised in salaries to Terri's father, Robert Schindler Sr., her sister, Suzanne Vitadamo, and her brother, Robert Schindler Jr. Their attorney said the foundation does its work effectively and that the high percentage for salaries was due to the small amount of money the foundation raises. He also said that the Schindlers had the right to use Terri's name as she is a public figure.<ref name="TSSF dispute">{{cite web|last=Wade|first=Jake|title=Terri Schiavo's Family Profiting From Foundation|date=April 30, 2010|url=http://www.13wmaz.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=78447&catid=28|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130116011751/http://www.13wmaz.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=78447&catid=28|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 16, 2013|website=WMAZ}}</ref> The foundation had been fined $1,000 shortly before Schiavo's death for failing to file timely paperwork.<ref name="Funding sources"/> In September 2010, the Schindlers renamed the organization the "Terri Schiavo Life and Hope Network". (Page headers in the web publication show the name change occurred in 2010, compare volume 1 to 2 for 2010)<ref name="life & hope Volume 2 / 1st Edition">{{Cite web|website = About us – Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network|at = from https://www.lifeandhope.com/about, "Vol. 2 – 2010, Issue 1"|title = life&hope Volume 2 / 1st Edition|publisher = Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network|author = <!--Not stated-->|date = 2010|accessdate = 2023-02-11|url = https://terrischiavoorg.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/vol-2-issue-11.pdf|url-status = live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230211202636/https://terrischiavoorg.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/vol-2-issue-11.pdf|archive-date = 2023-02-11
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In 2006, both Michael Schiavo and the Schindlers released books telling their sides of the story. Schiavo's was called ''Terri: The Truth'', while the Schindlers' was titled ''A Life that Matters: The Legacy of Terri Schiavo – A Lesson for Us All''.<ref name="Schiavo books">{{cite news|last=Neuman|first=Clayton|title=Another Schiavo Skirmish|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1177007,00.html|url-status=dead|magazine=Time|date=March 27, 2006|access-date=November 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121126233634/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1177007,00.html|archive-date=November 26, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Despite the extended emotion-laden legal struggle, the case broke no new legal ground: it remains settled law that the spouse is the [[next of kin]] in decisions where the patient is incompetent. However, it is now more generally recognized that the next of kin's decisions should be carried out in a timely fashion, even on matters of life and death. The case has raised public awareness of the value of having an [[advance medical directive]].{{cn|date=February 2024}}

At the ten-year anniversary of Schiavo's death, several news sources offered retrospectives on the case, some still attempting to explain how this particular case became so notable.<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna333536 Ten Years After Terri Schiavo, Death Debates Still Divide Us: Bioethicist] nbc news.com, March 31, 2015, Arthur Caplan</ref><ref>[https://time.com/3763521/terri-schiavo-right-to-die-brittany-maynard/ How Terri Schiavo Shaped the Right-to-Die Movement] time.com, Josh Sanburn, March 31, 2015</ref><ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/pictures/look-back-in-history-terri-schiavo-death/ A look back: The Terri Schiavo case] cbsnews.com, Radhika Chalasani, March 31, 2016</ref><ref>"[https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/01/jeb-bush-terri-schiavo-114730/ Jeb 'Put Me Through Hell']", ''[[Politico]]'', Michael Kruse, January 29, 2015</ref><ref>"[https://youtube.com/watch?v=O-rQ3tIabvM Terri Schiavo Documentary: The Case's Enduring Legacy]" ''The New York Times'', April 21, 2014</ref><ref>[https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/lessons-learned-bitter-divide-terri-schiavo-death-article-1.2152267 A decade after Terri Schiavo's feeding tube was disconnected, her family's pain lives on]</ref><ref>[https://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/the-audacity-of-jeb-bush-a-governor-goes-all-in-on-the-terri-schiavo-case/2213997/ The audacity of Jeb Bush: A governor goes all in on the Terri Schiavo case]</ref>

===Schiavo memo===
During the Terri Schiavo case in March 2005, a [[talking point]]s memo on the controversy was written by [[Brian Darling]], the legal counsel to [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Senator [[Mel Martínez]] of [[Florida]].<ref name="autogenerated1">{{Cite web|date=April 6, 2005|title=Senator's office produced Schiavo memo|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna7412110|publisher=Associated Press|via=NBC News}}</ref> The memo suggested the Schiavo case offered "a great political issue" that would appeal to the party's [[Base (politics)|base]] (core supporters) and could be used against Senator [[Bill Nelson]], a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] from [[Florida]] who was [[2006 United States Senate election in Florida|up for reelection in 2006]], because he had refused to co-sponsor the bill which came to be known as the [[Palm Sunday Compromise]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=April 4, 2005|title=The Seattle Times: Nation & World: GOP memo says issue offers political rewards<!-- Bot generated title -->|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002213728_memo20.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070127110336/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002213728_memo20.html|archive-date=January 27, 2007|newspaper=The Washington Post|via=The Seattle Times}}</ref>

Martínez stated that he had not read the memo before he inadvertently passed it to [[Iowa]] Senator [[Tom Harkin]], a Democratic supporter of the Palm Sunday Compromise legislation which gave [[United States federal courts|federal courts]] [[jurisdiction]] to review the Terri Schiavo case.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

After the existence of the memo was reported by [[ABC News]] and ''[[The Washington Post]]'', Senate Majority Leader [[Bill Frist]] denounced the memo and asserted that the Republican Party's interest in the case was solely based on moral grounds. Darling remained silent about his authorship of the memo as commentators from the conservative magazine ''[[Weekly Standard]]'' and other publications questioned its authenticity.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Barnes|first=Fred|date=April 4, 2005|title=The ABCs of Media Bias|url=https://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/005/406istku.asp|magazine=[[The Weekly Standard]]|volume=10|issue=27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051219144050/https://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/005/406istku.asp|archive-date=December 19, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Hinderaker|first=John|date=March 27, 2005|title=Fake but Accurate Again?<!-- Bot generated title -->|url=http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/005/416virea.asp|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401164354/http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/005/416virea.asp|archive-date=April 1, 2012|website=The Weekly Standard}}</ref> The source of the memo had not been disclosed by either ABC News or ''The Washington Post''. ''The Washington Post'' says that it neither implied that the memo originated from a Republican source nor that it was circulated by Republicans, though it did in fact make these assertions when it published the story by reporters Mike Allen and Manuel Roig-Franzia on its wire service on March 19, 2005. The authorship claim was removed before publication of the print version on March 20, 2005.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kurtz|first=Howard|date=March 30, 2005|title=Doubts Raised On Schiavo Memo|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11250-2005Mar29.html|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Kurtz|first=Howard|date=April 4, 2005|title=Leaving the Anchor Desk, Its Greatest Generation|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24015-2005Apr3.html|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> On April 6, 2005, Darling admitted to writing the memo, and resigned his position as legal counsel to Senator Martínez.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Allen|first=Mike|date=April 7, 2005|title=Counsel to GOP Senator Wrote Memo On Schiavo|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32554-2005Apr6.html|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref>