As I said in my column, the parents should have asked seven years ago for a separate counsel for Terri alone. And the first action of that counsel should have been to file for a divorce. If Michael had been removed as husband, he would have been removed as guardian. And that would have prevented the events we observed in the last two weeks.
Congressman Billybob
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Michael Schiavo spent YEARS seeking EVERY means of helping Terri he could.
It was ONLY after NOBODY could offer any hope that he gave up on her and decided to let her go.
I am sick to death people judging this man with hysterical and meanspirited accusations.
Terri Schiavo had TWO guardian ad litems over the course of the case.
But that statement illustrates perfectly the bizarre, irrational context of this case. Because Terri was deemed incompetent to make ANY decisions for herself, MS, by mere virtue of his status as her husband, was virtually automatically appointed as Terri's Guardian and spoke for her in all matters - i.e., She had NO voice other than through MS.
In order for her to achieve a divorce she would FIRST have to acquire another voice by removing MS as the Guardian. Talk about cruel fate to have the person most apt to gain from your demise controlling your water and food and actually aided and abetted in shutting it off by the corrupt legal system!
Circular, Circular circumstances that have my head in a fog!