But. And this is a big one, Terri's situation is different.
She needs to be treated. She needs as much physical therapy as possible. She needs a chance. A chance she hasn't been given. That's a difference.
I'm going to have my living will amended. If I'm in a coma because of what might be foul play, I want to be treated aggressively for up to a year before the plug is pulled. I want a chance too.
If it's old age and a painful disease, no extraordinary measures, please. But that's not this circumstance. And everyone senses it.
There are too many unanswered questions here. Why didn't the husband get help for her when help would have mattered? Wouldn't most grieving husbands want to try something? He didn't give up after trying. He didn't try. If Terri really felt like he said, why didn't she sign a living will? Does the state default to no treatment, no help, and starvation death in cases of potential foul play?
Something stinks in this case, and we all feel it. The stench reaches to our souls. This doesn't feel like respect for a woman's wish to die peacefully, it feels like murder.
There is so much misinformation about Terri's case. I'm listening to a local radio progaram now and they are misinforming as I speak. They said the husband is remaried.
FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT COME TO FLORIDA...PLEASE CALL YOUR SENATORS. PLEASE DO NOT STOP YOUR CALLS.
There is a greater power than the US Congress....Ask Him to save Terri Shiavo.
PRAYERS AWAY!!!!!!!!!
Does the state default to no treatment, no help, and starvation death in cases of potential foul play?Rush mentioned today something about when the state is given a choice between life and death in a case like this, why choose death? I think he was talking to Newt Gingrich at the time.