Thompson also was vague on whether Congress was right to intervene in the Terri Schiavo case in 2005: "Local matters generally speaking should be left to the locals. ... I don't know all the facts surrounding that case, I can't pass judgment on it. I know that good people were doing what they thought was best."
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Kimberly did make it, but the family still faced a decision.
"They said she would be in a vegetative state for the rest of her life. They said she would never breathe on her own."
One night in the hospital, they got what they took to be a sign.
Justin was speaking to his daughter. He whispered, "If you want to go, you can go."
According to Julie, "She literally raised her hand up in the air ... and we said we can't let her go."
They knew the downside.
"We did not want our child to live with this the rest of her life, but when she gave us that hand, that 'don't let me go' type thing, we said we can't do that, we'll do what it takes.
"We don't feel that God is done with her."
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From Karen Ann Quinlan to Terri Schiavo, from statehouses to the U.S. Supreme Court, this country has had a continual public debate over the ethics of continuing life support in dire situations.
To the family, it's strictly personal.
"Terri Schiavo wasn't 2 when that happened to her," Julie said. "Doctors have told us the brain can still develop.
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