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Originally posted by Azred:
The news story is to be found here.
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from the article....
CLEARWATER, Fla. - It's been 15 years since Terri Schiavo's heart stopped beating for several minutes, causing severe brain damage that put her into what doctors call a persistent vegetative state. For almost seven of those years, her husband Michael has been fighting to stop her feedings, arguing that she didn't want to be kept alive artificially.
Terri Schiavo is now 41 and still in a hospice after myriad twists and turns in a dramatic legal and ideological battle that has pitted her parents against their son-in-law. Whether there's an end in sight is anybody's guess.
"It seems like the same news over and over," acknowledged Pat Anderson, a former lawyer for Terri Schiavo's parents. "It must be quite incomprehensible (to the public) that she is still alive."
There have been countless lawsuits, court hearings, appeals, news conferences and tears shed by her parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, who promise to keep fighting. The case file at the Pinellas County Courthouse now fills 45 volumes.
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I cannot believe they are still fighting over this. Listen up, folks: she...is...not...alive. Period. Her biological functions are being articially prolonged, yes, but that is not life; rather, it is only the delay of death. Put in another light this could almost be the plot of a twisted Gothic horror movie....
Ms. Schaivo's parents are incredibly selfish--they want to keep her alive only because they cannot face the grief of losing their daughter. News flash--you already lost her! Get some serious grief counseling, not another lawyer.
The only person whose wishes should be obeyed here is Mr. Schaivo's, her legal husband. Pull the plug and let her go; it is the only sane and emotionally mature decision to make. [/QUOTE]Hear, hear! Especially the bit about "...it is the only sane and emotionally mature decision to make."
If only this were the basis upon which our society determined our policies on life and liberty, we might actually have a government which respected the basic freedoms of the individual.
And congratulations to Degrader on your elevation to Mod! I must have missed the announcement...