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   From: jenn@hmplc.com   
      
   In article ,   
    Michelle J. Haines  wrote:   
      
   > In article <3fbafd9f.163200669@news.nwlink.com>, pfriley@watt-not.com   
   > says...   
   > >   
   > > And perhaps, if she ends up leading a pitiful long-term existence,   
   > > confined to a wheelchair, drooling on herself, being fed by a tube,   
   > > the new governor Arnold will pull a Jeb Bush and declare that she must   
   > > be kept alive no matter what anyone else thinks might be ethical.   
   >   
   > Because it's always better to starve someone to death on no more than   
   > the say-so of someone who will gain financially and relationally by   
   > their death (gets to marry his new girlfriend).   
   >   
   > Always a good reason to have a living will in place.  Terry Schiavo's   
   > parents  are obviously being optimistic, but I also wouldn't want my   
   > husband to be able to kill me because he found me inconvenient.   
   >   
   > Michelle   
   > Flutist   
      
   there seems to be evidence that the husband in this case sought for many   
   years to find rehab for his wife -- that he tried a number of suggested   
   new treatments etc etc -- In other words, he did his best to give her a   
   shot at life and has found -- and doctors agree -- that she is gone.   
      
   What is the motive of the parents in maintaining their daughter [at   
   public expense presumably since they claim the lawsuit money is gone] as   
   a vegetable indefinately?  It sounds like they have allowed themselves   
   to become political puppets of interest groups and that they are   
   motivated by spite against the husband.  What good do they think it will   
   do Terri?   
      
   none of us knows these people [so anything we say is based on what we   
   read and assumptions we are making -- and could be off base ]  -- but   
   the court had a chance to look at the evidence and the people involved   
   -- being kept 'alive' like this indefinately would be my personal   
   nightmare -- would you want it for yourself?  They are my pick for   
   intrusive nightmare parents of the year.   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)