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 In
an early 2001 interview, Rebekah Vinson told People magazine, "it
hurts me what Rose has done to my mom."
 Florence
(seen here on "Good Morning, America" in January 2001) made
clear during interviews that, contrary to Rose's contention, she and
Robert were not estranged.
Because
Florence won her case in the trial court on a motion for judgment, her
attorney never presented evidence. Thus, the judge never heard
Florence testify about her relationship with Robert either before or after
his 1993 car accident.
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Stockton Record August 9, 2001
"Court's opinion expected on Wendland case"
Stockton Record July 27, 2001
Letter to the Editor: "Wendland case a sad lesson"
Lodi News-Sentinel July 27, 2001
"Lodi hospital stresses need for medical directives"
San Francisco Chronicle July 24, 2001
"If disabled means expendable"
By Chronicle columnist Debra J. Saunders
San Francisco
Chronicle July 19, 2001
"Court may still decide near-coma patient case --
Ruling sought even after man's death"
Los Angeles Times July 19, 2001
"Man's Widow Pursues Ruling
Law: Subject of right-to-die battle succumbed before
court
could act.
Wife says she still wants decision that might help others."
Lodi News-Sentinel July 19, 2001
"Legal Battle Continues Despite Robert Wendland's Death"
Stockton Record July 19, 2001
"Wendland's Widow Wants Court Decision"
Bay City News July 19, 2001
Los Angeles Times July 18, 2001
"Injured Man in Life Support Case Dies Court: His wife and mother had battled for years over the right to end medical aid."
KCRA Channel
3 July 18, 2001
"Man at center of right-to-die case
dies"
Includes video clip
KOVR Channel
13 July 18, 2001
"Right-to-die controversy will continue after the death of Robert Wendland"
Associated Press July 18, 2001
"Man at center of right-to-die case dies in Lodi hospital"
San Francisco
Chronicle July 18, 2001
"Man at center of right-to-die fight is dead
Controversial case was pending in
California Supreme Court"
Sacramento Bee July 18, 2001
"Man at center of right-to-die case dies in Lodi hospital"
Stockton Record July 18, 2001
"Robert Wendland dies"
KXTV
10 July 18, 2001
"Death of Robert Wendland Fails to End Family Feud"
Includes video clip
The Recorder July 18, 2001
"Robert Wendland Dies But Battle Continues --
Both sides still want court to render decision"
Lodi News-Sentinel July 18, 2001
"Robert Wendland dies after 8 years on life support"
KCRA Channel
3 July 18, 2001
"Wendland Family Remains Divided"
Includes video clip
Lodi News-Sentinel July 17, 2001
"Robert Wendland's condition worsens"
Stockton Record July 17, 2001
"Court petition seeks information on Wendland's health"
The Recorder July 17, 2001
"Wendland Condition Deteriorates"
KXTV News
10 July 17, 2001
"Man at Center of Life Support Battle Dies"
Stockton Record July 15, 2001
"Wendland Condition Worsens"
July 14, 2001
Press Statement issued by
Florence Wendland, Rebekah Vinson, and family
KXTV Channel
10 July 14, 2001
"New Conflict Arises in Bitter Life Support Battle"
Includes video clip
National Right to
Life Committee June 2001
"Another Dimension of Death"
Praxis Press June 27, 2001
The Ethicist: The People's Choice
"How Conscious is Conscious?"
Opinions June 27, 2001
Bruce Hilton: "A man's last wishes"
The
Recorder June 26, 2001
"Mosk Cases Reassigned to Other Justices"
Los Angeles Times
Article June 21, 2001
San Francisco Chronicle
Article June 21, 2001
Sacramento Bee
Article June 21, 2001
The Recorder June 22, 2001
Stockton, California Catholic
Bishop June 7, 2001
"Life is Good . . . Not Absolute"*
Response to statement of Stockton, California Catholic Bishop by Catherine Short, Legal Director, Life Legal Defense Foundation
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*
Note to members of the Catholic Community: The
Alliance of Catholic Health Care, Catholic Healthcare West, and
Mercy Healthcare Sacramento joined in filing a brief in theCalifornia
Supreme in support of Rose Wendland. |
People Magazine June 4, 2001
"In the Balance
A legal battle between his wife and mother will decide whether Robert Wendland lives or dies"
Listen to National Public Radio's June 4, 2001 Report
Santa Rosa Press-Democrat June 4, 2001
Letter to the Editor: "Reasons to Live"
Cape Cod Times June 2, 2001
Editorial: "The right to live --
California Supreme Court should respect the wishes of the mother of a man on feeding tubes"
Santa Rosa Press Democrat June 2, 2001
Editorial: "Good will --
Writing out wishes could save
a family unendurable grief"
Fresno Bee June 2, 2001
"Robert's Wishes: Court struggles to set the parameters of the right to die"
Topeka Independent Living Resource Center
June 2001
"Disability Advocates Protest
Starvation of Disabled Man"
The Tribune May 31, 2001
"Uncharted Legal Ground in Top Court --
Brain-damaged man's wife, mother fight over life and
death"
San Francisco Daily
Journal May 31, 2001
"Right-to-Die Case Reaches Top State Court -- The wife of a semi-conscious man wants his feeding tube removed, but his mother and sister say he should be kept alive."
The Recorder May 31, 2001
"Court Wary of Ending Patient's Life"
Transcript of CNN's "Talk Back
Live" May 30, 2001
Cape Cod
Times May 30, 2001
"Court tackles right-to-die limits --
California justices seem leery of allowing the death of a man who is paralyzed but still conscious"
KXTV
News 10 May 30, 2001
"State Supreme Court Hears Case of Lodi Man on Life Support"
Includes video clip
Alliance Defense
Fund May 30, 2001
"California Supreme Court to Hear
Arguments in Landmark Life and Death Case Today"
KPIX Channel
5 May 30, 2001
"Family Split Over Life or Death"
The KCRA
Channel May 30, 2001
"Disabled Man's Life In Justices' Hands"
Associated Press May 30,
2001
"State High Court Grapples with Pulling Plug on Accident Victim"
San Francisco
Chronicle May 30, 2001
"New Twist in Cases Over Right to Die"
Stockton
Record May 6, 2001
"State's High Court to Hear Wendland Case"
California Healthcare Foundation April 9, 2001
"In the Twilight Between Life and Death"
Time Magazine March 27, 2001
"When a Coma Isn't One"
The Tidings March 2, 2001
Congress Workshops: "In Search of Healing -- A duty to die?"
Stockton
Record February 11, 2001
"Life-or-Death Decisions Not Solely Court's"
The Center For An Accessible
Society January 23, 2001
"Wendland Case Coverage 'One-Sided,' Charges Attorney"
Not Dead Yet January 22, 2001
Letter from Attorney for Florence Wendland to
"Good Morning America" in response to
appearance by Rose and Wendland children
Ragged Edge reports on "Good Morning America" Segment
Transcript of CNN's "Burden Of
Proof" January 15, 2001
Stockton
Record January 13, 2001
London Times January 10, 2001
"Don't Let My Son Die"
London
Times January 4, 2001
"Mother and Wife in Court Battle Over Man's Life"
Los Angeles
Times January 2, 2001
"Out of a Coma, Into a Twilight"
lifeissues.net
"The Betrayal of Hippocrates"
An Interview with Lawyer and Writer Wesley J. Smith
ACLU News January-February 2001
"ACLU-NC Supports Man's Right to End Life Support"
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The
day after Robert Wendland died, his wife called a press conference at
which she complained that she and her children could not "have grief
in private."
 Robert
and Rose's oldest child, Katie (middle), read a prepared statement in
which she said it was "disgusting" that her grandmother &
aunt were "allowed" to interfere in her mother's decision to
bring about Robert's death by dehydration and starvation. Rose's
attorney, Lawrence J. Nelson (right), repeatedly, while the case was
pending, referred to Florence and Robert's other family members as
"strangers."
Rose
and her children stopped visiting Robert in 1996. During
the 1997 trial, daughter Katie testified that she didn't know prior to
entering the courtroom that day or "care" whether or not her
father was capable of operating a wheelchair because he wasn't living the
kind of life she claimed he would want to live. |