Fight For Terri's Life
As of now most everyone has heard something about Terri Schiavo and have formed an opinion about her case. Congress and even the President have gotten involve making people to think that it's becoming more a political stand with them than about constitutional rights. But I think that this has less to do with the constitution and more with ethical reasoning.
As far as I know this is how the story goes: Due to an alleged eating disorder Terri Schiavo collapse from heart failure 15 years ago causing severe brain damage; this has left her in a controversial state of vegetation. Now her husband wants to remove the feeding tubes that are keeping her alive because he says that's what Terri would want, but her parents want her to stay alive. This could all be solved with a will but Terri didn't have one made when she was conscience so the question to keep her alive or not has been taken to the courts. And the decision was to remove her life support. Her parents have appealed the courts decision but they fear that their daughter might die before the courts decide anything. And now this case if you can call it that has even gotten congress' attention and our president. But some fear that it is just a chance to push the right-wing pro-life agenda.
After all this what do you do? Personally I think that we should let Terri live. There are signs that she is alive and responsive, and I think that's a reason to keep her alive. I don't know if her husband has an alternative motive for wanting to fight this, but I don't think that she would not want to die if she shows signs of life. The fact that she feels pain, and I think she does should be enough to say, "This is wrong, letting her die in painful way like this!" But for some reason this has become once again a fight between the left and right. My prayer is that the courts will get their act together in time to have the tubes reinstated. Since Terri didn't have a will written expressing whether or not to live or die in these kinds of circumstances should say that she would like to have lived. That's my opinion.
As far as I know this is how the story goes: Due to an alleged eating disorder Terri Schiavo collapse from heart failure 15 years ago causing severe brain damage; this has left her in a controversial state of vegetation. Now her husband wants to remove the feeding tubes that are keeping her alive because he says that's what Terri would want, but her parents want her to stay alive. This could all be solved with a will but Terri didn't have one made when she was conscience so the question to keep her alive or not has been taken to the courts. And the decision was to remove her life support. Her parents have appealed the courts decision but they fear that their daughter might die before the courts decide anything. And now this case if you can call it that has even gotten congress' attention and our president. But some fear that it is just a chance to push the right-wing pro-life agenda.
After all this what do you do? Personally I think that we should let Terri live. There are signs that she is alive and responsive, and I think that's a reason to keep her alive. I don't know if her husband has an alternative motive for wanting to fight this, but I don't think that she would not want to die if she shows signs of life. The fact that she feels pain, and I think she does should be enough to say, "This is wrong, letting her die in painful way like this!" But for some reason this has become once again a fight between the left and right. My prayer is that the courts will get their act together in time to have the tubes reinstated. Since Terri didn't have a will written expressing whether or not to live or die in these kinds of circumstances should say that she would like to have lived. That's my opinion.
posted by Dan at
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