[downtoliberalism]

I think that so many people are looking for a bad guy in this case to point at. It is just so easy to point at the husband. Why is no one looking at the so called professional of the medical field that caused Terris fate? Why is there none of this same outrage at who the real villain is? I have had to make this same type of decision of whether or not to take a loved one off of assisted living. Why were we not mocked in the same manner for killing my sister? We took my sister off of life support and she suffocated to death. Since my sister had contracted breast cancer, therefore it is humane to kill her? I see no difference here. This lady supposedly has been brain dead for fifteen years.

I think that some people need to step back for a moment and ask if they would want society assisting them in making this same decision for their families.

[Peach]

I'm sorry about your sister. I'm sure it's one of the most difficult decisions a family member ever has to make.

[MarMema]

She is far from brain dead. She is severely disabled.

There have been many before her. We are moving into a utilitarian society. Those who brought out the PVS diagnosis and began slapping it on severely disabled people right and left, some of whom were using wheelchairs ( and were still condemned by a court to deliberate dehydration because they also used a feeding tube), are now speaking of new things.

They are speaking of less disabled people, conscious and alert people, and how their quality of life is so low that they, too, should be "allowed to choose the right to die".

They are talking about depression as a legitimate reason to die.

They are talking about children in the ICU at Boston Childrens being taken to the OR and having their organs harvested while they are still alive, and then dying on the table. Children with chronic pulmonary diseases or children who are brain damaged.

They are talking about using people like Terri for medical experiments instead of animals.

These are all ominous signs which should be of great concern for all Americans. This is about a lot more than Terri.