Don't get me wrong. I disagree with the name-calling, the made-up "facts", the distortions, the lines taken out of context, etc., that many on Free Republic are touting. I do think that this saga has degenerated to the point where it is more about the Schindlers and Michael Schiavo than it is about Terri.
No it's about Terri and all other disabled people in her precarious situation.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1356169/posts
Legislature can get it right (FLA law prof blasts Greer's "shocking" ruling against Terri Schiavo)
Miami Herald ^ | Mar 4 05 | ELIZABETH PRICE FOLEY
I can't post the whole thing -- copywrite issues, apparently -- but here's an excerpt:<P
Schiavo was a healthy 27-year-old at the time she suffered cardiac arrest and lost consciousness. ...She made very few oral statements regarding her attitude toward artificial life support. None of her statements was made in a particularly serious context or elaborated upon with any detail. None of her statements addressed the specific issue of receiving food or water. Under facts such as these, a court would ordinarily conclude that the evidence is hopelessly in equipoise -- the classic ''six one way, half a dozen the other'' situation.
In such situations, the evidence cannot provide clear and convincing proof that the individual would want to discontinue treatment. As such, Florida law dictates that we err on the side of life.
Procedural rules that effectively deny reconsideration of this critical issue have forced Schiavo's parents to devise new arguments to keep their daughter alive. ...
The judicial process has failed Schiavo and forced the other two branches of Florida's government to act in extraordinary ways to remedy an extraordinary wrong. Ironically, the Florida Supreme Court has ruled that these attempts are unconstitutional violations of the separation of powers doctrine.
The Florida Legislature should try again.
10 posted on 03/04/2005 3:00:08 PM CST by churchillbuff
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It's about more than Terri and you know that. All the excuses and off topic discussions can't change that it's about euthanasia.
Don't get me wrong. I disagree with the name-calling, the made-up "facts", the distortions, the lines taken out of context, etc., that many on Free Republic are touting. I do think that this saga has degenerated to the point where it is more about the Schindlers and Michael Schiavo than it is about Terri.
IT IS DEFINITELY ABOUT TERRI. All of this is about Terri. We want her to live. Her parents want her to live. MS and his lawyer and Greer are the ones who want to kill her.