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To: the OlLine Rebel
Plus, he's not backed up by any1 else - it's all a single person's hearsay ...

No. There were three who testified as to Terri's comments when Terri saw her grandmother dying on a hospital bed. All three were Schiavo's. Michaels, his brother, Scott, and Scott's wife. Terri's blood family also testified as to Terri's wishes, and gave the opposite impression. The error is with the "finder of fact" as to what Terri's wishes truly are.

I find the error eggregious, but I am not a judge and have no power, so as a matter of law settled wrong, she wishes to die.

I abhor the "ethics" of causing death by starvation too, but that is a separate subject.

185 posted on 03/25/2005 6:34:00 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt
I abhor the "ethics" of causing death by starvation too, but that is a separate subject.

For me , this is the subject. I can understand a DNR status and also taking people off life support. Usually, these measures are taken by the family soon after the trauma if these are the patients wishes. If I understand correctly, the first time the removal of life-support was mentioned was 7 years after the trauma. For me, this is totally unethical to remove feeding from a person after 15 years of living this way.

253 posted on 03/25/2005 7:22:12 AM PST by texastoo (a "has-been" Republican)
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