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To: Congressman Billybob

The Court reached a decision based on what they found to be Terri's wishes, not Michael Schiavo's wishes.

They had testimony from several different people, including one of Terri's best friends, who corraborated the fact that Terri's wish was NOT to be sustained alive by artificial means.

The Florida State Constitution guarantees people the right to refuse medical treatment.


124 posted on 04/01/2005 9:09:50 PM PST by Luis Gonzalez (Some people see the world as they would want it to be, effective people see the world as it is.)
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To: Luis Gonzalez
Terri's grounds for divorce existed years before the decision by Judge Greer created the situation you describe. The critical legal failure in this case was, as I said, about ten years ago.

Billybob
137 posted on 04/01/2005 9:14:28 PM PST by Congressman Billybob (Proud to be a FORMER member of the Bar of the US Supreme Court since July, 2004.)
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To: Luis Gonzalez
They had testimony from several different people, including one of Terri's best friends, who corraborated the fact that Terri's wish was NOT to be sustained alive by artificial means.

No. Just Michael, Michaels brother and his wife. They all heard Terri make a comment "at a funeral".
While Terri was in the process of being starved to death, the brother changed his story to "They discussed it in the privacy of their own home" in a FOX interview. If it were in private and in their home, how then did he and his wife hear it?
The brother should make up his mind which lie he's going to keep and which lie has to go! It can't be both ways!
It's too late for Terri now, though.

149 posted on 04/01/2005 9:18:50 PM PST by concerned about politics (Vote Republican - Vote morally correct!)
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To: Luis Gonzalez
They had testimony from several different people, including one of Terri's best friends, who corraborated the fact that Terri's wish was NOT to be sustained alive by artificial means.

What evidence is there, other than her own say-so, that Michael's sister-in-law was ever Terri's best friend?

305 posted on 04/01/2005 10:20:00 PM PST by supercat ("Though her life has been sold for corrupt men's gold, she refuses to give up the ghost.")
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To: Luis Gonzalez
They had testimony from several different people, including one of Terri's best friends, who corraborated the fact that Terri's wish was NOT to be sustained alive by artificial means.

I just looked at Greer's ruling again...he explicitly said he didn't need to rule on Michael Schiavo's testimony because he had Scott and Joan Schiavo's testimony. The only testimony of a friend of Terri's was that she wouldn't want the feeding tube removed. Interestingly Greer dismissed her testimony because he didn't know when Karen Quinlin died(the event that sparked the discussion between the witness and Terri) and questioned the actual date of the conversation.

440 posted on 04/01/2005 11:07:42 PM PST by Dolphy (Fear The Greer(s))
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