I have one question on legality. Is it truly legal for a judge to order that Terri can't be fed by means other than the tube? Is that really a part of the law the Fla. legislature enacted? Seems to me that was the route to attack.Theres nobody in the world could stop me from putting a spoon to my childs mouth.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
He doesn't want the feeding stopped, he wants her dead.
This was part of one of the innumerable transcripts floating around the forum this past week. A quote to the effect of: "the ruling of the court is that the husband is correct, therefore her wish would be to die, therefore she must die."
That's why the parents are strip searched, lest they bring an ice chip to their daughter. That's why two priests that I know of have been arrested trying to take her the Eucharist.
God save us all.
It seems to me that the Fla. judiciary decided that Terri was Michael Schiavo's chattle. At that point, no one had a right to go feed his livestock. That is what has been so shocking to me. Where was NOW or any of the other animal and civil rights groups when the court would not even allow feeding by normal means? We treat animals with far more dignity, and take them away from abusive owners.
Is it truly legal for a judge to order that Terri can't be fed by means other than the tube? Is that really a part of the law the Fla. legislature enacted?
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This is the sticking point for me, too. That seems to go way beyond the bounds of judicial right. I am convinced that the pro-death crowd are seriously afraid of anyone seeing her reaction to a substance in her mouth. She even had an order for no mouth care. That makes my skin crawl.
She was put in this hospice to die five years ago, and she has been "thwarting the will" of MS and his attorneys every since.