What I would want helps form my opinion. There's a difference between being born a certain way & living a full life & ending up a certain way. That's what this thread started with and I stated from the beginning I felt it was two seperate issues. The parents were acting selfishly. Their benefit was in keeping their daughter, and wasn't based on what they believed Terri would want. What did the husband stand to gain? Stop lying.
Just because she didn't have a living will doesn't mean she wanted to live. I dare say the majority of people in this country don't have living wills, especially those under the age of 30. It's not something you think about when you are young. But that doesn't mean someone wants to live in that condition. The Schiavo case was unusual because of the husband's situation, I grant you that. But there is someone somewhere in this country today wrestling with this decision. And they probably don't have a living will. You have to default to the legal guardian in these situations, not the government.
The article mentioned the six hour video with little clips stolen from it already. You've been debunked. dude, plenty of doctors said it. you can go ahead and call me names if you want. Her parents told him to get on with his life in 1990. They changed their mind ten years later in the court lawsuits obviously. Again, read the article before attacking.
I'm Episcopalian....like Catholic but different. We don't rely on the Pope or Vatican to tell us how to live our lives. All of the Episcopalian edicts have to have a relationship to the Bible. It has to be in the Bible for our church to lay down an edict telling us how to live. I respect Catholics and hope they agree that we should not kill the infirm.
you alone are not the ultimate arbiter of your future. yes, the pope is not worthy of listening to all the time, nor is anyone else usually. but the biggest error of man historically is that he can determine his own right from wrong. just becuase you came up with something on your own doesn't make it right.
I read all I wanted to know while it went on. All of the intricate details of the case are not the point. There was no document saying she wanted this to happen. If you want to be killed by being starved to death so bad, you better have a document saying it. We, as a country are headed to hell when we sanction, support and make laws allowing the killing of the unwanted, the sick and the infirm. We've already done it. So, kill away. By the way, they had many DR.'s saying just the opposite medically. Point is, when it comes to brain function, they really have a very limited understanding of the workings.
you are again extrapolating. we are talking about a woman in PVS. not from the information i've seen. there are a few Christian doctors having seen only the clips that the schindlers edited who said she possibly might not have been in a vegetative state. all who examined her in person agreed. including of course the medical examiner post-death.
