[Hildy]

The first several years, there is no disputing that Michael did everything he could to help Terri. Maybe, just maybe, he realized, because unlike any of you, he sees her everyday, she's not going to recover. It's then, after exhausting all the avenues, that he decides to let her go. Well, that just makes too much sense for some of you.

[Peach]

I think Michael changed his mind after he heard Terri's parents testify the lengths to which they would go to keep Terri alive. Gruesome isn't the word for it.

That's not to condemn them, but it was pretty excessive.

[UCANSEE2]

It's then, after exhausting all the avenues, that he decides to let her go.

So why didn't he LET HER GO? Why didn't he just assign custody to her parents and walk away?

When you can satisfactorally explain that, I will find it easier to support your belief.

[penowa]

Even the Schindlers agree that Michael did "everything he could to help Terri" until he received the malpractice settlement. There is no evidence I have seen that he ever mentioned that she would want to die prior to receiving the award for her care. Do you think the jury would have awarded him all that $ to care for her and rehab her if he had said she wouldn't want any of that, but would want to die?

"It's then, after exhausting all the avenues, that he decides to let her go."

"Then" just happens to co-incide with receiving the $.

If as you believe, Michael just gave up because she was not going to get better, then why won't he allow her parents to care for her? They love her and want her even if she's not in the condition she once was. Why won't he divorce her?

God help us all if we ever said in front of a two-timing husband that a friend says we were going to divorce, "Jeez, I sure wouldn't want to have to live like that," while we watched a movie about someone disabled.

[Tribune7]

Maybe, just maybe, he realized, because unlike any of you, he sees her everyday, she's not going to recover. It's then, after exhausting all the avenues, that he decides to let her go.Well, that just makes too much sense for some of you.

If he divorced her and gave her parents custody I wouldn't hold that against him.

[Lady Heron]

Maybe, just maybe, he realized, because unlike any of you, he sees her everyday, she's not going to recover.

There are 2 people out there that want to care for her whether he does or not. Doing the right thing in this situation is not killing her in a horrendous tortuous manner, but divorcing her and giving her up to those who do care, the next best thing would be to put a gun to her head and be honest and quick about killing her. We put dogs out of their misery in a nicer manner than they are going to make her die.

[AHerald]

Maybe, just maybe, he realized, because unlike any of you, he sees her everyday, she's not going to recover. It's then, after exhausting all the avenues, that he decides to let her go. Well, that just makes too much sense for some of you.

Michael Schiavo testimony from medical-malpractice testimony:

"I believe in the vows I took with my wife: through sickness and health, for richer or poor. I married my wife because I love her and I want to spend the rest of my life with her. I'm going to do that."
[“In Sickness”: The unfettered right to love, honor, and pull the plug. -- November 13, 2003 National Review Online]

Yeah, makes too much sense for me. /sarcasm