Schiavo judge's other 'right-to-die' case

World Net Daily ^ | March 24, 2005

[shhrubbery!]

But it shows that even a Living Will can be subject to opinion. How can one cover all the possibilities for the actual meaning.

"Living wills" can be and ARE misconstrued. Also, over time, medical technology (that might ameliorate a previously dire situation) advances; and, one's own wishes may change.

It's much better to designate a trusted person to have durable power of attorney over your medical decisions, than to have a "living will."

Don't count on your next-of-kin being designated your legal guardian. Judges discount that kinship ALL THE TIME and transfer guardianship to the person THEY prefer.

See Do You Need an Advance Directive?, put out by the International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide for some VERY STARTLING examples of abuses of "living wills."

[TigersEye]

And...

...the right of a competent adult to make an advance directive ... or to designate another to make the treatment decision for him or her ...

[DJ MacWoW]

You're welcome! :)

[DJ MacWoW]

Reasonable people will see what's going on, unreasonable people are unreachable.

Agreed.

[auboy]

BTTT

[Dead Dog]

Exactly, and how can you sign away your right to life without knowing nuances of circumstance and future technology.

I was all for them before this. Now I think they should be challenged legally, and I'll never sign one. The only thing I'll sign is a request as to who will be my guardian.

[k2blader]

On another thread, someone was actually telling me "Terri wasn't killed."

This is the kind of truly depraved mindset we're dealing with here..

[AmishDude]

I'd like to note that (a) the living will is really a guide for family, it's too vague in most cases to be a genuine binding document (b) this only bears a resemblance to the Schiavo case in the senses that it's a right-to-die case in which Greer ruled that disputed evidence pointed to death and that the death advocates stood to benefit from the death.

The fact is, if you have a living will, you have to resign yourself to the fact that they may starve and dehydrate you even if there is some hope.

The only thing that's telling is that Greer wouldn't even give 30 days. I'd love to know if the hospice was involved, though.

[El Gato]

but I have a hard time understanding why her kids

They probably weren't *her* kids.

[daylate-dollarshort]

I'll say this and then leave.

You are the ones that have been wrong for all these years. You are the ones who have repeatedly mis-stated the law. Haven't you ever wondered why, despite all the repeated hearings, trials, appeals and dozens of Judges reviewing the law, Judge Greer's decisions have never been overturned??

Or are you so deluded that you actually believe that the entire judiciary, law enforement, EMTs and the treating phyisicians are ALL involved in some massive conspiracy against Terri Schiavo. A conspiracy involving dozens if not hundreds of proffesional people, virtually none of whom knew Terri or Michael Schiavo.

No, despite the dulusions of people on this board, there is no conspiracy, only hysteria.

[AmishDude]

She was born in China, he's a professor. Chances are the family hates her in part because she's much younger than him.

[El Gato]

If he was smart- if any of us is smart, we better specify what we consider to be "severe" physical or mental disability!

As well as the meaning of "life prolonging procedures."

[Sioux-san]

Check out this link.

http://libertytothecaptives.net/scientology_clearwater_bar_association_judge_greer.html

[DJ MacWoW]

On another thread, someone was actually telling me "Terri wasn't killed."

This is the kind of truly depraved mindset we're dealing with here..

Either she was living or she was dead. If she was living, she was killed. If they think she was already dead, what's their basis for that opinion? I find that some people just haven't thought it through. It's a "new" concept.

[k2blader]

If they think she was already dead, what's their basis for that opinion? I find that some people just haven't thought it through. It's a "new" concept.

I think they probably think she was already "dead." Another variation on that theme is: "she died 15 years ago." I'm not sure what the basis of their opinion is. My guess is they agree with the "right-to-die" doctor (I forget his name).

[Fudd Fan]

It would seem that Greer sides with whatever family members stand to gain financially from a patient's death. What a ghoul.