Exactly...and this was the main reason for the Terri Circus.
Unless you are placed in a position where the presumption of death vs the presumption of life issue smacks you right in the face ....it's just another point of discussion. For the majority the US population the later is true.
This ignorance of the reality of what is being proposed by proponents of the presumption of death is the hoped for lubricant for the inoculation of the society.
The reality is that it cost our insurance company over $200,000 to bring my spouse "back to life"
As for your "infallible" medical professionals involved in the case.... First there was the incorrect pronouncement of death, then the incorrect pronouncement of survival chance, then the incorrect prognosis for cognitive recovery, then the incorrect prognosis for physical recovery.
I know there are thousands of "miracles" walking around right now with similar stories. Why our current society would want to kill people who are put in the position that my spouse was in is not hard to figure.
+$200,0000 minus one human = +$200,0000
+$200,0000 multiplied by thousands of prevented "miracles" = one huge stinking pile of amoral dung.
Question here. Exactly how long was your spouse in this situation? 15 years with no change? At what point do you just up and let go? What you are advocating will have every bed in the hospital system taken up by those at death's door because the family members refused to let go.
I know there are thousands of "miracles" walking around right now with similar stories. Why our current society would want to kill people who are put in the position that my spouse was in is not hard to figure.
That's great. However our society does not 'want to kill people'. That's what living wills are for. If you have one, the doctor can't touch you. If not, the spouse makes the decision. You made one decision, Schiavo made the other decision. If he made the wrong decision he'll be the one paying for it. I've already told my family if I'm in the same situation give me an amount of time they deem reasonable, then shut off the machines, unhook the tubes, and turn off the lights on the way out to live the rest of their lives
+$200,0000 minus one human = +$200,0000
+$200,0000 multiplied by thousands of prevented "miracles" = one huge stinking pile of amoral dung.
Another fallacy. Who's going to pay for it? You'll bankrupt every insurance company out there eventually. Which will lead to more nationalized healthcare. Not exactly the conservative stance to advocate an expansion of government costs that would make even the current liberal administration blush