Terry Schiavo, Finally died Options

[CheesyLobster]

Well, Terry Schiavo passed away after 13 days without a feeding tube. Personally, I think that its not the roll of the government to make these sort of decissions and that they should be left to the families. I also think that this has gotten a lot more coverage than it should have. I'm glad that the system actaully worked though and she was allowed to pass away after all that suffering.

[ILuvMyCelica95]

I have to put my opinion in here

The main issue in this case is that regardless of the state she was in she was not on life support. She was breathing on her own, and her heart was beating on it's own with no artificial support what so ever.

A feeding tube is not life support.

It's really sick for people to say that she's a vegetative state so she should die. There are plenty of people in this world who have diseases and can not do things for themselves.

It's not their fault they are in a vegetative state. Regardless, NO ONE should have the right to play God.

Terry's husband killed her. He starved her to death. end of story. There is no arguing that point. Pulling a feeding tube from someone who can not defend themselves is killing them by starvation.

Thats like puting a baby in a room with out food or water, like Terry it depends on something else to give it food. ( the tube in her case )

Personally i think its sick what he did.

This post has been edited by ILuvMyCelica95: Apr 1, 2005 - 10:21 PM

[saleeka]

I have to put my opinion in here

The main issue in this case is that regardless of the state she was in she was not on life support. She was breathing on her own, and her heart was beating on it's own with no artificial support what so ever.

A feeding tube is not life support.

It's really sick for people to say that she's a vegetative state so she should die. There are plenty of people in this world who have diseases and can not do things for themselves.

It's not their fault they are in a vegetative state. Regardless, NO ONE should have the right to play God.

Terry's husband killed her. He starved her to death. end of story. There is no arguing that point. Pulling a feeding tube from someone who can not defend themselves is killing them by starvation.

Thats like puting a baby in a room with out food or water, like Terry it depends on something else to give it food. ( the tube in her case )

Personally i think its sick what he did.
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I disagree. If nobody should play god- terri should have never recieved the feeding tube in the first place, because clearly her time had come in god's eyes. Or better yet people on what you discribe as life support should never be taken off either, because once again your playing god, even though all they do is lay alive thanks to a machine that does everything for them except give them a "liveable" life. Put this case into perspective if this happened to someone without life insurance. no money to pay the hospital bills, no feeding tube, plain and simple... if you want to boil it down beyond the individuals in this case, after all the drawn out trash both familes had to endure, the extemes that came out were absurd. CONGRESS DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO DETERMINE YOUR MEDICAL CARE. Nobody ends up a winner in this case, and thats a fact, but the bottom line to me is more complex than what happens to Terri- when congress decideds that the 15th or so court ruling once again isnt in favor of what the "lifers' think to be what sould be done does NOT give them the right to try to invalidate years of previous court rulings. When the basics of the constitution are challeneged because its a touchy subject- too bad in my eyes- id like to keep my rights, for me, and the future generations.

This post has been edited by saleeka: Apr 2, 2005 - 2:45 AM