You cannot consent to be murdered.
If removal of a feeding tube is murder, then there are hundreds of such murders every day, and a legislative solution to the Terri Schiavo case will MOST CERTAINLY void all so-called "living wills".
Excellent point. The State has the right to kill and has kept that right only for itself. The doctors who pull the tube are agents of the State.
If removal of a feeding tube is murder, then there are hundreds of such murders every day, and a legislative solution to the Terri Schiavo case will MOST CERTAINLY void all so-called "living wills".
Understand your logic here (and agree somewhat) - However, aren't we dealing with romantics in that if one has a living will the removal of a feeding tube would not be considered murder...it would be considered fulfilling the patients wishes (will) - Where as in the case of someone without a living will removing their feeding tube (and ending their life) without their wishes could be considered murder? -
Though, I do have a problem with the need for a lawyer that comes between the relationship of a husband and wife. That relationship should be sacred (and there should be no need for a lawyer to confirm with what one has told their spouse).
In that on the one had we hear some many yelling that "marriage" is sacred (no gay marriage, etc) - yet on the other hand they say that your words within that marriage are meaningless without the need for a lawyer confirming them (and if you don't have this the Federal Gov't can step in between this "sacred" relationship)