[ladyjane]

Were the tables turned, and it were Michael Schiavo lying in that bed, would the courts have been so adamant in desire to see the wife keep control of him, in spite of her abandoning him for another man?

Interesting.

[Theodore R.]

Actually, in the VA case of Hugh Finn that happened. He was brain-injured in an auto accident in Louisville, KY, but was moved to VA for "treatment." Then the "wife" pressured to have the feeding tube removed. In her case, she may or may not have had another man (I cannot recall.) but she got some $500,000 in insurance. His parents tried to keep Finn alive but the courts in VA were strongly pro-euthanasia too. The $500,000 was a pretty good incentive in the modern USA to get an inconvenient person out of the way. I also think that the senior Finns were denied contact with their grandchildren, Hugh's children by the ambitious "wife." I don't know if Hugh Finn was as alert as Terri was or not.