Ring, Ring. "I knew Nancy, but you don't know me".
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Mr. COLBY: We have to establish somehow that this is in the best interest of Nancy. You do that by looking at statement she made in her life. If she made clear statement that she wouldn't want these kinds of things, then that's strong evidence to the court. You do that by looking to the substituted judgment of loved ones and people close to her, say to them, "You knew Nancy. You know what she was like. She's not able to tell us now what she would have wanted. What do you think she would have wanted?"
No, sir, that is playing God. That is substituting your judgment for hers, and when you put her to death, it is homicide.
The whole basis for Nancy's liberty or privacy rights to refuse medical treatment, going back to Griswold, is INFORMED CONSENT. She could not give you that, but everyone knows that she would NOT consent to this torturous death by dehydration and starvation. Nobody would. You put her through eleven days of hell, Mr. Colby, and you killed her.
Now you have the gall to talk about HER "best interest."
So, we conclude that Michael Schiavo, his brother Scott Schiavo and his sister-in-law Joan Schiavo were Terri's "loved ones," for they are the ones who substituted their judgment for her wish and her right to live. Yeah, sure, and they showed how much "love" they had by putting her to death by torture. The fact that Michael hated Terri, had a potentially huge financial interest in her death, and wanted her out of the way so he could marry another woman, didn't count for a thing.
We equally conclude that, in the eyes of Judge George Greer, Terri's mother, father, brother, sister, best friends and priest were not "loved ones" or "close to her." That's why he tossed out the testimony from all of them.
Your right-to-die trade is utterly corrupt, Mr. Colby.