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To: Jorge
Well good for you. Put it in writing, have it notorized.

Your choice.

Terri wasn't given a choice. there is NO proof that she ever said she would prefer to be starved to death - only a man to whom her continued breathing was inconvenient...and who only remembered, after 7 years, that she said she wouldn't want to be kept alive by artificial life support.

Never mind that a tube to give nutrient and water 3 times a day are not considered life support, never mind she was not terminal, never mind that michael had testified PREVIOUSLY and IN COURT, when suing for millions to "take care of Terri for the rest of her life" - citing 50 years...he said she had never told him whether she would want to be kept alive on life support or not.

So go get you papers all in a row...and may you not, should you find yourself injured and unable to speak, change you mind about having the plug pulled - as doctors will tell you 9 out of 10 do change their minds when actually finding themselves in that situation - Oh, why am I bothering to talk to a closed mind? Your mind is made up - wouldn't want to confuse you with facts. Besides, you've got some papers to write

140 posted on 04/01/2005 9:15:06 PM PST by maine-iac7 ("...BUT YOU CAN'T FOOL ALL OF THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME." Lincoln)
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To: maine-iac7
Terri wasn't given a choice. there is NO proof that she ever said she would prefer to be starved to death - only a man to whom her continued breathing was inconvenient...and who only remembered, after 7 years, that she said she wouldn't want to be kept alive by artificial life support.

What can I say? Every court believed him. And the law says the spouse has the last word in situations like this.

147 posted on 04/01/2005 9:17:54 PM PST by Jorge
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To: maine-iac7
"Never mind that a tube to give nutrient and water 3 times a day are not considered life support."

In Florida they are.

148 posted on 04/01/2005 9:18:10 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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