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Terri Schiavo was starved to death because the law was turned on its head. Our legal default in this country has always been to life. In the case of conflict between parties, the state defaults to life until the dispute is resolved. She was starved to death against the conscience of the community and her parents' challenges which sought to come to her aid against a "husband" who had abandoned marital responsibility in a new relationship. He had a conflict of interest which stood to benefit him at her death. Her faith was such that she knew ending her life this way was contrary to the doctrines of the Church. Her testimony in her death was given by her estranged husband through hearsay.

Terri is dead because the state agreed with the proposition that her state of life was one not worth living.

I am in the financial services field. It used to be that people filed "living wills" to tell the state when it could change the default and allow them to die. Terri's case changed that. Now, people file living wills to tell the court when it is not allowed to end their lives. It's a shift brought to you by the culture of death through the court appointments and government sponsorship of the Democratic Party.

Have to disagree even though I agree with much of what you said regarding respect for life. Terri Schiavo ultimately died because of an outmoded legal doctrine that gives even estranged spouses superior next of kin rights over living, compentent parents. Like I said, if Terri's parents were her first in line next of kin, not her "husband", we wouldn't be having this conversation. And note to other freepers: Do not allow your children to marry unless they grant you power of attorney that will supercede in an ironclad way the next of kin rights of their spouse. After all, you never know if the nice young man your daughter brings home might be next Richard Speck.