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To: diamond6
"The problem with that is that the public are told over and over again that she is a vegtable exc."

Yep, that's it, and that's why the polls are showing so many people in favor of starving Terri to death. They are totally un-informed. Helping Mike S starve his disabled wife to death-
Isn't this just something the media can be really "proud" of(wretch!!!).

As for CNN, they are totally useless/lazy. No wonder Fox News runs rings around them in the ratings. They are at least trying to give both sides of this story.

On a different note, I noticed they are going to try and overturn the Fl Legislature

-1st thing-Everyone in the Fl. Leg. needs to constantly remind the public that when the libs are talking about "overturning", they mean to starve Terri to death, that's what this is about.
- Terri signed no living will,
-Her husband is suspicious.
- We are talking about life and death here , not some legal mumbo-jumbo.
- Terri dies-is executed by starvation- if the left succeeds.

Also, I heard Florida has laws that prohibit euthanasia right? Terri has no terminal illness, is not on oxygen , or anything other than the feeding tube. If you STOP GIVING FOOD AND WATER to any living being-IT WILL DIE.
This is undisputed fact
So denying Terri food and water is EUTHANASIA isn't it?

Sorry for the over-use of "bold" in my post, but this seems so simple. Why do so many people NOT get it?

2,112 posted on 10/24/2003 1:21:14 AM PDT by fly_so_free (Never underestimate the treachery of the democratic party. Save the USA-Vote a democrat out of offic)
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To: fly_so_free
"The problem with that is that the public are told over and over again that she is a vegtable exc."

Here's a redo of my post 2096 on this thread:

This is SO true!! Case in point, my mom. I spoke with her this evening for the first time in a couple of weeks (she has been gone visiting extended family and just returned). She lives in Gainesville, a mere two hour drive from Clearwater. I have a sister in Tampa, and a brother in Winter Haven. Mom only gets the local newspaper but does have cable TV. She does not have the internet.

Until tonight when we spoke, she thought that this was a tough call. She finally said that she did see a picture of Terri and that she appeared to be smiling, so she just wasn't sure. When I told her that Terri hasn't had her teeth brushed in 10 years, or had gynecology exams, or wasn't even allowed to have flowers or be taken outside because her wheelchair had a broken wheel, she FLIPPED! She did not know any of that stuff!

Believe me, I filled her in on Michael's fiancee and child, the way Michael said nothing about Terri's so-called "intentions" during a jury trial for the malpractice suit, and the "DO NOT RESUSCITATE" order that was put on in 1993. My mom was grateful that there were people out there (like us!) who are trying to help get Terri's story out. If it weren't for the internet, I'd probably know very little myself.

The point is, the major media has been selecting which parts of the story that they will include, and which parts they'll leave out. It could be intentional, or it could be lazy reporters. We need to Freep our print media as well as televised, because my mom is a perfect example of a warm and caring person who might have sided with Michael because she was not informed of more. I asked her to please bring this up to her friends in conversation and she promised me she would (she has Garden Club and other small groups she socializes in).Terri IS being talked about in little circles of people, but they are still being misinformed by the media. We've got to keep working hard to change that.

2,114 posted on 10/24/2003 1:28:14 AM PDT by Ohioan from Florida
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To: fly_so_free
765.305 Procedure in absence of a living will.--

(1) In the absence of a living will, the decision to withhold or withdraw life-prolonging procedures from a patient may be made by a health care surrogate designated by the patient pursuant to part II unless the designation limits the surrogate's authority to consent to the withholding or withdrawal of life-prolonging procedures.

(2) Before exercising the incompetent patient's right to forego treatment, the surrogate must be satisfied that:

(a) The patient does not have a reasonable medical probability of recovering capacity so that the right could be exercised by the patient.

(b) The patient has an end-stage condition, the patient is in a persistent vegetative state, or the patient's physical condition is terminal.

765.309 Mercy killing or euthanasia not authorized; suicide distinguished.--

(1) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to condone, authorize, or approve mercy killing or euthanasia, or to permit any affirmative or deliberate act or omission to end life other than to permit the natural process of dying.

765.305 appears to me to be in direct contradiction to 765.309. One could argue the opposite, however, the Florida Constitution sides with 765.309.
2,115 posted on 10/24/2003 1:32:18 AM PDT by kenth (This is not your father's tagline.)
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