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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.

However, the husband has convinced the court that those wishes were indeed true.

Convinced?

I'm not so sure that's the right word for it, but whatever. The evidence to the contrary is overwhelming. Take a look at what the Thomas More Law Center and the other experts that were solicited by Bush had to say.

They said the same things we've been saying in these threads.

This stuff is so obvious that you'd think they'd be embarassed to even pretend there's some controversy. But, I guess having the power of life and death in your hands -- with no one willing to challenge it -- can go to a fella's head. So, they get cocky. They pretend the obvious lie is the truth.

That's life in this corrupt little ball o' dirt.

I have indicated what I would do in the same circumstances.

Living wills are fine, and should be written and used by people...but when it gets down to your own daughter (and I have three who are in their twenties) being starved and dehydrated to death...all of that goes out the window in my opinion.

Legal documents are only good and meaningful in an environment where the basic tennants of morality, honor and common sense reign. This case is one where those principles are being walked on IMHO...and some people will in fact fight to keep that from happening because it represents a drirection that is the antithesis of everything this nation and its legal system was built upon.

In this case, it is the responsibility of the parents and family members to try and save Terri...if it came down to it, and their only recourse was to physically take her from that tortuous death...well, for the reasons I have already opined on this thread, I would support them in that decision.

Just my opinion.

Absent informed and written consent, life and death decisions should NEVER be made by unelected, unaccountable judges. Never.

Hearsay evidence from husbands or others who may or may not have the other persons best interests at heart just don't cut it. At least it shouldn't. Think of the possibilities:

'Uh Judge, to be honest with you I tried to kill her, but now she's only in a coma. But I can get my sister and friend to swear that she said that if the time ever came where ahe was in a coma she would rather starve and die of thirst.'

If it were my daughter she would have been out of hospice a long time ago.