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To: Gondring
People have a right to life, but also a right to choose not to live.

Had Terri made out a living will that had been notarized and witnessed by two people, we wouldn't be having this conversation. BUT SHE DID NOT HAVE IT IN WRITING. Instead, the court accepts her estranged husband stating that she had said she wouldn't want to live that way. Meanwhile, Terri's friends say the opposite. At best they cancel each other out.

291 posted on 04/07/2005 5:21:36 PM PDT by Netizen (USA - Land of the free, home of the brave, where the handicapped are legally starved and dehydrated!)
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To: Netizen
Had Terri made out a living will that had been notarized and witnessed by two people, we wouldn't be having this conversation. BUT SHE DID NOT HAVE IT IN WRITING.

At this point, I'm afraid it doesn't matter if you've put it in writing or not. Mae DID have a living will that clearly stated her wishes. Her wishes are NOT being followed. Her granddaughter has obtained permission from a probate judge to kill her anyway.

Unfortunately, it looks like the only way to avoid being euthanized is to do the same thing the people in the Netherlands do: Avoid being hospitalized like your life depends on it.

Because, in our Brave New America your life may depend on doing just that.

310 posted on 04/07/2005 5:54:36 PM PDT by schmelvin
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To: Netizen

Why a living will? Because that's legally recognized in FL? So is her husband's word....more than "Terri's friends"... they don't "cancel each other out" (unless you can cite the legislation I seem to have missed).


409 posted on 04/07/2005 7:14:41 PM PDT by Gondring (Pretend you don't know me...I'm in the WPPFF.)
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