AN ACT For the relief of the parents of Theresa Marie Schiavo. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. RELIEF OF THE PARENTS OF THERESA MARIE SCHIAVO. The United States District Court...

For many years, the pro-life movement has emphasized that providing food and fluids is part of the normal care that every human being is entitled to receive. NRLC’s Will to Live advance directive proclaims, “Food and water are not medical treatment, but basic...

By Richard Doerflinger On March 20, speaking to participants in an international congress on the “vegetative” state, Pope John Paul II profoundly changed the worldwide debate on how to respond to this condition. He issued the first clear and explicit papal statement...