[elfman2]

"the part I don't agree with is that anything was proven to the satisfaction of anyone. "

I agree that there are differences of opinion. But it was proven to the satisfaction of a Judge, one that several other judges refused to consider incompetent enough to overrule. And it was proven enough to satisfy a majority of republican legislators that refused to intervene. And I strongly suspect that if a poll were taken asking if people were satisfied that Terri had no ability to recover after 10 years in a near persistent vegetative state, a strong majority would agree.

[Earthdweller]

I agree Terri would not have recovered..whether someone with her quality of life is legally worth protecting from predators is the unanswered question.

[drpix]

Terri's medical condition was only a threshold issue. The ultimate and critical legal and moral question was whether it was her expressed wish that food and water be withheld under particular medical conditions. When Skeevo only remembered years later, after he scored on the malpractice lawsuit, that Terri told him she would want to die - was he truthful? See post #45

And before you reply that X number of judges/courts believed him or more accurately his lawyers, see post # 8.