Florida Woman to Be Allowed to Die Despite Family's Wishes

CNSNews.com ^ | 8/05/03 | Jeff Johnson

[Ron in Acreage]

Jeb better put a stop to this. This is murder. plain and simple

[ctlpdad]

PING!

[Dudoight]

I saw her on some news report. She is not comatose, she is somewhat responsive......she will likely never recover, but some rehab might help her. This is terrible.

[Zavien Doombringer]

She is definitely responsive! After viewing the videos, you couldn't convince me otherwise! I hope the jury will be allowed to view them.

Her condition doesn't look any different from those suffering from spinal bifida or any other mental condition.

If the courts allow the hydration and feeding tube to be removed, this would be an excruciating death for her. It would also be a murder.

[Xenalyte]

After some struggle, prayer and thought, I've decided what the hell - I'll go ahead and say it. If I get banned, so be it.

I will volunteer my services to the Schindler family to help raid the facility Terri is in and sneak her away to whatever location they deem fit and safe. I'll pay my own way to Florida and all my expenses.

I've signed every petition and written letters to Jeb . . . and as a Texas resident, I have zero influence with him. Therefore, the only way I can help is to take physical action directed by the family.

[shhrubbery!]

I signed a petition to Jeb Bush to intervene in the case, though I don't know what he can do under the state's constitution. There is a US Supreme Court precedent, however.

In the Nancy Cruzan case back in 1990, Nancy's relatives demanded that she be "allowed" to die by withholding food and water from her. The US Supreme Court rejected the Cruzan family's arguments and upheld the right of the state to protect human life where there had not been a clearly defined wish on the part of the patient to refuse treatment.

However, Nancy Cruzan's relatives found a legal loophole and were successful in killing her.

I wonder how many people know that Joe Cruzan committed suicide a few years after forcing his daughter to starve to death?

[Dante3]

I agree.

I read an article of a man who came out of coma after some 19 years. (The Washington Times, July 19, 2003)

[cricket]

"Jeb better put a stop to this. This is murder. plain and simple"

I don't understand, why Jeb is not weighing in on this. . .

[Sloth]

I mourn for a nation in which the decision of whether or not to starve a disabled woman to death is seen as "difficult."

[Dave S]

The courts have agreed that she is in a persistent vegetative state. All her family members except her parents agree that she did not want to be kept alive artificially if she couldnt take care of her self. Let her go. She's never go to recover. Her parents are just making it more difficult for everyone involved.

[Johnny Gage]

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[Onelifetogive]

All her family members except her parents agree that she did not want to be kept alive artificially if she couldnt take care of her self. Let her go.

Don't just "let her go." That's cruel...If she is to die, it should be done humanely (like we do pets.)

She should "at least" be "put to sleep." Starvation and dehydration is cruel.

[tbpiper]

"People keep referring to her as 'being in a coma,'" he said. "She's not in any way comatose. She's responsive, she's trying to talk."

This may be the real reason her husband wants her dead. I've found the 'heart attack' explanation of her condition a bit dubious.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!Sad deal.

[sjersey]

For more info --

http://www.terrisfight.org/

[Jay D. Dyson]

Terri Schindler Schiavo is scheduled to begin dying Monday, August 25.

I hate to inject a bit of rationality into this, but all of us were scheduled to "begin dying" the day we came out of our mother's womb.

-Jay

[SuziQ]

"This case really is about ideology. It's about the ideology of the parents and their attempts to impose their will on Terri," he charged. "The Schindlers are being supported financially, their lawyers are being paid by the fanatic anti-choice, right-to-life proponents in this country."

It is interesting that the husband's lawyer should use these terms. I wonder what his ultimate goal with this case might be. Does he want to establish legal precendent for others in the country to be able to use?

I can't argue either way since I don't know the facts, but my gut tells me that if this woman is responding in any way, and that should be determined by some independent medical personnel, then she should be given the opportunity to live.

I think it is suspicious, to say the least, that the only ones arguing for her food and water to be cut off are her husband's relatives. Is there some financial advantage for him if she dies? If it turns out that the judge does allow this to happen, he should also make the husband sit by his wife's bedside so he can see the results of his decision as she lays dying a very uncomfortable death.

[Flyer]

Fighting evil by moonlight
Winning love by daylight
Never running from a real fight
She is the one named Sailor Moon
She will...never turn her back on a friend
She is... always there to defend
She is...the one on whom we can depend

[Soaring Feather]

I am a mother of four daughters, this dear one should not have life support removed. She is 39 years young.

May common sense prevail under Gods hand.

I signed the petiton to Governor Bush.

Thanks Johnny for the ping.