The government has NOT sentenced her to death. The court merely ruled that Jeb Bush as governor has no right to overrule the wishes of the surviving spouse. This is legal and as it should be.
You are crabbing that the government sentenced her to death but you want the government to override the closest living relative. You can't have it both ways. Either the government has no right in this matter or it can interfere in any case such as this.
Now, the husband may be a jerk, I don't know. I don't know if Terri can recover from her illness or not because, unlike some of you on FR, I am not a doctor. It seems most of the FR people must be doctors because they seem to know so much about her condition, more so than her attending Doctors.
This is a matter of spousal rights vs government, and as much as I dislike seeing someone die, it is up to her husband and not the government to decide this.
I hope if I get in this shape a relative decides for me and not the government. We can't pick and choose the cases and we can't do it by group decision. It is not our decision.
It's not a matter of spousal rights or of government. Her inalienable right to life cannot be revoked by either her husband or the government, and it is the mandate of our Constitution that the government must protect that right. The SC has failed to do this, let us hope that Gov. Bush does not.
Her own parents/siblings want to make sure she gets the help she deserves and the rights of which she are given under Florida law in regards to being afforded being brought to capacity at the earliest possible time. Your logic is to the dogs.
The husband may be a jerk, but you don't *know?* I really think you should read a little more before offering your opinion, and get all the facts.
So you don't beleive in protective rights? Terri has no protection against crimes against her because of government dereliction of duty to protect her citing the same rights afforded others. Therefore, the government is absolutely to blame for allowing these atrocities when they have laws in place to prevent and address it. We are absolutely right to blame the court system for attempting to murder Terri. Evidently you know nothing about this case.
Please direct me to the Statute, Constitutional Amendment, or other authoratative document that grants Michael Schiavo or anyone else the right to commit murder. You keep saying that patients don't have the right to receive the treatment you want, but spouses and estranged spouses have the right to deny them life. Where are you getting this from?
'...You are crabbing that the government sentenced her to death but you want the government to override the closest living relative...'
What defines 'closest living relative'? Michael Schaivo has already jettisoned the situation by moving in and fathering children by another woman while his wife is in this state. Even when married, they were'nt blood kin.
If Terri was able bodied and Michael pulled this stunt, they'd be divorced, and so Terri's mom & dad WOULD BE (and ARE in actuality) Terri's closest living relatives.
What a tangled web we weave when playing God...