[Cicero]

First this article calls him a "conservative" and then it calls him a "moderate Republican." Well, I think we know what "moderate" means when used by a member of the media--it means a liberal, pro-abortion, pro-death Republican.

As for his being a Baptist, that's all very well, but so is bill clinton. And Teddy Kennedy is a Catholic. Such labels mean little or nothing without knowing what kind of Baptist he is.

As for these two cases, in the first instance the man made out a clear living will. Maybe they should have given acupuncture a few months to show its effects. I personally don't think anyone should be allowed to use a hospital to kill himself, but I can understand that the law would see it differently.

With Terri Schiavo there is no living will and basically no evidence but the husband's unsupported word that she wanted to be starved to death. This husband has considerably weakened his credibility by his actions--including not using the money he was awarded for his wife's attempted rehabilitation, its stated purpose.

Since death is irreversible, a prudent judge would never have acted as Greer did. He was obviously biased by his political views.

[sweetliberty]

"With Terri Schiavo there is no living will and basically no evidence but the husband's unsupported word that she wanted to be starved to death"

And we musn't lose sight of the fact that Michael Schiavo didn't recollect this "fact" until 8 years after Terri's initial trauma and, coincidentally (?), at about the same time George Felos entered the picture.