"My agreement with U.S. Supreme Court decision that every individual has the constitutional right to control his or her own medical treatment."
That is NOT what the Shiavo case was about AT ALL.
Everybody knows that this was a euthanasia case, no ifs and s or buts. Greer and Michael S. presumed to decide for Terri Schiavo. They did not prove Terri's wishes beyond a reasonable doubt, meaning that Terri was killed having less rights than a convicted murderer. Jorge: What if they were wrong? What if Terri in fact did want to live and was screaming for mercy on the inside while she was starved to death, but couldnt voice that desire?
(and btw, if there is a 'constitutional right' to control medical treatment, why do we have the FDA regulating that?)
And, for that matter, was also screaming for mercy on the outside except that Michael's guards kicked out of the room anyone who could offer credible witness to that effect?
That is NOT what the Shiavo case was about AT ALL.
Maybe not on the surface, but ultimately it comes down to this question.
The issue is of course complicated by questions regarding her husband's testimony on her wishes.
Everybody knows that this was a euthanasia case, no ifs and s or buts.
That's your opinion. And you could be right.
Still when it comes to the law it was about the right of an individual to decide on what medical measures could or could not be used to keep them alive.
Jorge: What if they were wrong? What if Terri in fact did want to live and was screaming for mercy on the inside while she was starved to death, but couldnt voice that desire?
That would be a horrible thing.
But somehow I couldn't imagine someone with the ability to think about such issues, after being in such a state as she was for 15 years, begging for more of the same.
I would tend to think a person would rather want to be liberated from such a prison of a living death.
That's just my opinion. I would want to be let go.