During his 15 minute presentation, Greer took issue with a lot of things concerning the Schiavo case, especially ridiculing Terri's parents for appealing to higher courts for a review of Greer's rulings.
He emphasized that by his count, "we had some 30 judges and Supreme Court justices in both the state of Florida and the federal system review the evidence submitted".
Once again, Greer is wrong. Thirty judges didn't review the merits of the case.
COMMENTARY - Schiavo Judge Wrong Again
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Some euthanasia, it appears, is not nifty.
To my mind, passive euthanasia is immoral. The abrupt withdrawal of medical treatment, feeding, and hydration results in a slow and (potentially) torturous death. It took Terri Schiavo 13 days to die, when her tubes were withdrawn in the last two weeks of March 2005. Since it is impossible to conclusively prove that patients in PVS (Persistent Vegetative State) do not suffer pain, it is morally wrong to subject them to such potential gratuitous suffering. Even animals should be treated better. Moreover, passive euthanasia allows us to evade personal responsibility for the patient's death. In active euthanasia, the relationship between the act (of administering a lethal medication, for instance) and its consequences is direct and unambiguous.
Euthanasia and the Right to Die
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