Oh, yes, they definitely have disrepute to our system of law. But, as Justice Scalia pointed out the other day, they have departed the path when they substitute their policy judgments for the application of the law. BUT, here they are doing exacting what our courts are quite good at -- applying a well-established rule of law to the facts at hand and weighing conflicting claims of fact in deciding on the facts. This is not some 'make-it-up-as-you-go-along' constitutional law case; this is what thousands and thousands of courts do everyday in this land: weigh conflicting claims of credibility, decide the existence of facts and apply well-established rules of law to those facts. While the result here affects someone's physical life, the process used to get there is quite common and quite reliable.
For the same reason that I (as a former prosecutor) would gladly pull the switch on the poison pill machine for all those on death row, I have confidence in this decision as well. This is the kind of decision-making in which our system works quite well.
Do you have a problem with the legislature passing a law that the husband's instructions for public policy reasons sufficient to them give the circumstances should not be followed? Do you have a problem with the Florida supreme court striking such laws down, because they don't like new laws in this case interfering with hubby just doing it, because in their shoes, they would certainly prefer just doing it?