I hope that people will always include the Governor and the President when listing those who killed Terri. No matter what Judge Greer did, the ultimate responsibility to enforce the 14th Amendment lies with the governors and the president.
Of course, if they had saved Terri's life, the question would immediately arise: If you saved Terri through executive action, why don't you use the same power to enforce the 14th-Amendment right to life that is being violated daily in abortion clinics.
There is no answer to that question. That's why the governor and the president violated their oaths, and allowed Terri to be murdered.
I'm no fan of either Bush. But I think it's only fair to point out: if they had ridden in with the cavalry, it would have saved Terri's life and brought joy to her supporters, BUT the "right to die" crowd (and I will never again read that phrase without a shudder) would have gained the moral high ground. Public outcry against such arrogant "interference" would have been loud and long, and many more future Terris might be doomed. Terri's fate was to be a martyr, it seems. I didn't want to believe it and prayed for it not to be true. But a martyr she is. It may have taken watching an innocent person die to pull us all back from the edge.
Absolutely not. I place the blame where it belongs.