Well - it does prove we have some really fine people in Washington and Florida who are working as hard as they can to prevent us becoming a nation of death to the weak, or of setting a precedence of murder with state approval as long as you just state that you remember old Joe said he would not want to live in such a state.
So - it means that any husband or wife could create a situation causing a sudden coma and then murder the spouse with the courts help. It means that hearsay would be allowed without proof as justification of a person claiming death for you.
What about the constitutional rights of those incapacitated to be allowed life, liberty and the pursuit of happinesss? Do they no longer have rights as an American once they are too costly, too sick, too deformed (as judged by the elitist among us willing to commit free murder)?
No one can believe that there are not strong forces wanting this decision to stand and we must ask WHY? And we must fight for equal rights for all Americans - not just the healthy, the wealthy but those that are alive.
If we don't - we are no better than a dictatorship because we will have given some the power of death over others.
Bump!
Michael Schiavo is worse than Scott Peterson and O.J. combined, He is a Sick Murderer, he just hasn't accomplished his task yet in his sick,demented,perverted,criminal mind!
Everyone makes these wild accusations without any evidence of fact. IF the guy had caused this coma it seems very likely that with all the court interest he would have been charged.
Without a will the spouse is the legal guardian and speaks for the disabled person. My personal wishes are clearly stated to my wife - NO living with extraordinary means. I believe that Ms. Shiavo voiced this to her husband as many married couples do. And most married couples never think it will happen to them.
It happened.
Call the guy all the names you want, but until YOU walk in his shoes by making that kind of decision nobody - I repeat NOBODY can second guess him. I have made that decision for my Father. He voiced his desire to never live with tubes and such so after a heart attack we pulled the breathing tubes. It was not easy.
In this case the parents believe that their daughter has congnition, yet all the evidence says otherwise. The lawyers on the parents side have turned this into a circus while invoking everyone's emotions, intimating that the woman uttered "I want to live" and all kinds of other stuff.
While it may be thought by some to be cruel, if the woman wants to live, then she needs to eat. If she can eat then she obviously has cognitive ability. My guess is that she can not feed herself or swallow when spoon fed. No amount of rehabilitation will save this woman. Were she living 50 years ago she would have already died.
While we don't know and will never know what she thinks - if anything - my guess is that if she is aware at all of her situation she might find it horrible. Perhaps she is saying "I want to die" instead.
Nobody will ever know. Making wild accusation against the husband is just as cruel as pulling the feeding tube.
I side with the Judge and Husband in what is certainly a most dreadful situation they have both found themselves in.
Just my thougts.