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Terri Schiavo

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    What are your opinions on this controversial topic. Do you think that she should be able to keep here feeding tube, or do you think that they should let here husband keep her feeding tube out???
     
    I saw it on the news.I agree with it.There should be a feeding tube,It is just plain wrong if they do not do that.And they call themselves doctors and they want to do that.They just want her to die. Its just not right to die slowly.
     
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    It's Florida's decison, the Fedral Government should have never got invovled. Florida's law states that the husband(spouse) is the important one and makes the decison. If he(she) want's Terri's(or whomever's) feeding tube removed, the doctors should respect that.
     
    I think it's sick how they are killing her slowly like this. Killing her over a week or two is just wrong. If I was in the same spot then I would want a fighting chance. But I would take a bullet to the head before starving over a week or two.
    You can't starve your cats or dogs without going to jail, but you can starve your wife and it's just fine?
    And he done has another girl, he has had kids with her. All Mr. Schiavo wants is the money out of Terri.
    Terri was walking a little, talking a little, eating on her own till Michael told them to stop (this was maybe 10 years ago or so). And he also has tried to kill her too. And how come one day after 15 years he remembers that she didn't want to be kept alive by a feeding tube.
    This whole thing is not right, I am happy that the Government stepped in and tried to help her.

    "We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." ~ Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence

    Life was first, liberty was second, and the pursuit of happiness was third.
    Life comes first, she shouldn't die like this. But she will and there will be others after (the first time is always the hardest).
     
    Basically, when there is a case like this, it is just as logical to let someone go. If there is no possibility of the person getting out of this state, there is no point to them living. I know for sure if my wife was in a vegetative state with an extremely low chance of being normal again, I'd let her go. As cruel as it sounds, she'll never become the woman I loved before, and thus, i'd see no point in letting her live as my wife forever. Plus, think of the financial perspective. Does anyone know how much it costs for the hospital to care for someone in that state? If you just can't afford to pay it, you should let the person go and never worry abotu it again.
     
    I agree with Andy.

    All I have to add onto that is her parents should know her better than her husband and would know what Terri wants more.
     
    Can someone fill me in here.Is this American news.This sounds very sad though.
     
    Dark_Pikachu said:
    I agree with Andy.

    All I have to add onto that is her parents should know her better than her husband and would know what Terri wants more.
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    But it's Florida's law that states that if someone is in this state, like Terri, without a living will, the spouse has to make the decison whether their spouse lives or dies. This case shows why a living will is so important. With a living will, none of this would have happened.
    I agree with Andy on how they are killing her. It's inhumane that they're killing her slowly over a period of a week or 2. Kill her quickly so she doesn't feel anything or feel much pain. But I disagree, the Fedral Government should have never got involved. Florida made a ruling and the Fedral Government should respect that ruling.
     
    Hmm...since this thing passed, I think it won't be long untill Euthanasia is legal...
     
    She isn't dieing though. She's been like this for years, there's no reason for a mercy killing. Once the feeding tube is out, yeah then she'll be dieing, they'll be starving her to death.

    I think her husband is a pretty shady character. He has a girlfriend. << If he doesn't want to be with Terri so badly, then why not just divorce. I don't like divorce all that much but it's a heck of a lot better than trying to legally murder her so you can spend the rest of your days free in fairy tale land with your girlfriend. @@

    Her parents want the feeding tube in I believe, and it hsould be their word not that sham of husband's. Your spouse isn't related to you, in most cases your parents are and they've known you longer, it should be their say. To quote my History teacher, "Nobody wants her tube in. But of course Bush and his goons have to intervene and do something nobody wants." I hate my history teacher so much. ><

    That aside. I think it should stay in.

    Dakota - Maybe I'm behind. All this is over now?
     
    D: Yep, soon you will be killing people just because they are a burden to you.
    Other then the $700,000 that Michael is getting from the hospital I don't see a reason to kill her (he got over 300,000 dollars from the hospital to go back to school, he done got the life insurance money).
    She isn't dieing (well she is now since they took the feeding tube). I keep hearing "Terri Schiavo is brain dead" she isn't on a respirator or anything like that. She just needs food and water. She isn't brain dead just because she can't eat. My grandfarther has Alzheimers (it's the disease Ronald Reagan had), he can't feed himself unless you put the plate infront of him. Just because he can't feed himself does that mean he should die? No, my aunt had cancer before she passed away last Christmas. She had to have a feeding tube. She couldn't feed herself does that mean she should have died by just starving her? No, same with Terri Schiavo. She shouldn't die, at least not a death like this.
    If she was brain dead, and there wasn't any chance of her ever getting better even on the smallest level. Then I would be with the husband on letting her go. Even then it would have to be a better way then starving someone to death.
     
    Personally I think the husband knows all this. He just hates looking after her all the time >_>
     
    I say, if she was brain dead, sure let her die. Even then though...Something less cruel. Starving a person like that is just wrong, but the husband just wants an easy way out of it for her. Since she isn't brain dead...Keep her alive, theres nothing really wrong with doing so, I mean, just because the husband wants to skimp out on taking care of her?
     
    She's gone. Nothing can save her. If I were in her position I would want to die (though I probably wouldn't be able to say it or whatever).

    I don't think she can even feel starvation in that state IIRC.
    Her family doesn't realize that they'll never have her back.

    It's just not worth it.

    So use one of those injection things that kill you in 3 seconds.

    EDIT: for everyone who still thinks she should live.

    https://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/03/24/national/w072914S58.DTL
     
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    Well, like Arcy said, it's sick how they are slowly killing her. They put animals to sleep, so why not put her to sleep? They should just put her out of her misery, there is no hope left for her.. Sad to say but she wouldn't want to live like this.. ~origin
     
    Terri Schiavo.

    I think they should keep her feeding tube out.What's the point in living if you don't even know you exist?And she said that if something like this happened she doesn't want to live.And seeing how she's been in this vegitating state for 15 years now.....I don't think she's ever going to come out of it.
     
    Ice Rabbit said:
    She's gone. Nothing can save her. If I were in her position I would want to die (though I probably wouldn't be able to say it or whatever).

    I don't think she can even feel starvation in that state IIRC.
    Her family doesn't realize that they'll never have her back.

    It's just not worth it.

    So use one of those injection things that kill you in 3 seconds.

    EDIT: for everyone who still thinks she should live.

    https://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c.../w072914S58.DTL
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    So you think because the Supreme Court said she isn't getting the feeding tube back means that everyone thinking she should live should just let it drop?
    I should remind you that the Supreme Court once said that slavery was ok.

    There was this woman in the same state (not State but the     doctors said she was brain dead) as Terri and she had a feeding tube. They removed it and she felt pain and everything anyone else would feel if it was one of us. She came out of this state and lives today to tell her story. I'm sure at times everyone told her husband to let her go.
     
    Well, at the current point if se stays without food any longer she will be severly brain damaged...moreso then she currently is. If that happens...I wouldn't see the point in putting the tube back in necause then she really would be nothing more then just a body lying there.
     
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