[Zeroisanumber]

I think that the, "we don't starve 'x' to death" argument is a red herring.

Bear with me for just a bit:

I heard an interesting conversation about Terri's case at the hospital where I work. It went on for quite a while, but what it essentially boiled down to was: "I'm uncomfortable with the idea of starving the woman to death, but I'm suprised that the medical staff bothers to treat any of her (probably numerous) infections."

The idea being, I suppose, that death by starvation was gruesome and preventable, but death by sepsis was somehow more "natural".

Death, by whatever means, is ugly. The question before us isn't, "Is death terrible/ugly?" but rather, "By allowing this woman to die of neglect, are we doing the moral thing?" As a society, do we want to give our relatives the right to decide whether or not we die? And which of our relatives makes the decision?

[tessalu]

The DEATH BUZZARDS are trying to circle over Terri Schiavo.
They want her dead.

[Politicalmom]

I am becoming more and more terrified of "health care professionals" after this debacle.