[msuMD]

NO. She said she didn't want to live like this. Period. I deal with this everyday. In fact have removed lifesupport and PEG tubes every year in the same senarios.

[tomahawk]

With all due respect, we do not know what she said about this. What we have is hearsay statements from her estranged husband. I'm not a doctor, but I am lawyer and I can give a professional opinion on this question.

[chimera]

She said she didn't want to live like this.

Where is the irrefutable documentation that attests to Terri Schiavo's wishes? Produce that and the whole controversy goes away.

The truth is, we don't have it. What we have is the decision of a judge, based on hearsay evidence offered by, by and large, conflicted witnesses. Hearsay evidence from conflicted individuals is a poor basis upon which to pass a death sentence on an innocent person.

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

NO. She said she didn't want to live like this. Period. I deal with this everyday. In fact have removed lifesupport and PEG tubes every year in the same senarios.

THERE'S your problem. And you didn't respond. If the government decides that is not acceptable you will have to stop doing it. The government decides when it becomes your decision.