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To: wirestripper
That is good advise...that is why I have spent several weeks looking at stories about this from both sides before I jumped into the frey.

Having said that, and having done my own reading...my own opinion is that this woman is being killed by the state in a manner that is unfit for an animal...and that it is being done for suspect reasoning and motives at the best.

Without compelling evidence (and I have seen none) that it was her own wish that the food be turned off under these specific types of conditions...and without a real medical effort being made to ascertain if that is still her desire (and I have seen no evidence that any impartial effort has been made to ascertain such information), then she should clearly not be killed...not starved and dehydrated to death

If there are those who will assume responsibility for her (and there are) and if there are those who do not want to continue to support her life (and there are apparently those as well), then those who will support her, particualrly her family, should receive the legal authority to do so and then everyone should move on.

That the husband is unwilling to do this only increases the suspect reasoning for his motives IMHO.

136 posted on 10/17/2003 5:53:27 PM PDT by Jeff Head
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To: Jeff Head
Thank you for that wonderful post
137 posted on 10/17/2003 5:57:45 PM PDT by Krodg (I believe, I pray and I fight.)
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To: Jeff Head
Without actual documentation of a living will, I can understand much of the criticism. However, the husband has convinced the court that those wishes were indeed true.

I look at the documentation on the site(Terri) and I see only accusations and experts who agree to the other family line.(I would expect that)

I have also seen the sad videos and I understand the emotional nature of this.

I came to the conclusion that it is really none of my business to intervene. To do so would damage the living will system and make it likely that medical professionals will begin to shift all of these decisions to the courts, as they can no longer take the word of a spouse or patient.

This worries me, as our courts have little business deciding these issues. Look what happened with abortion.

Lastly, I have seen some pretty rotten comments on these threads to include death threats and threats of harm to others.

Something smells here and it is not necessarily the court's decision. I would hope that lurkers who have gotten a eye full of this do not get the impression that these sentiments represent FRee Republic.

Because it does not.

144 posted on 10/17/2003 6:16:31 PM PDT by Cold Heat ("It is easier for an ass to succeed in that trade than any other." [Samuel Clemens, on lawyers])
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