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Schaivo Died 15 Years Ago
Well the results are in and the right was wrong again. Terri Schaivo was a vegetable and no one can dispute that since the autopsy is complete. Her brain was just over 600 grams - less then half the weight of a normal brain - and she was blind which is a fact that escaped notice by her parents in spite of spending 15 years at her bedside, not to mention the doctors that examined her.
There was no hope for recovery.
I can understand her parent's desire to hold on, but it's time to acknowledge that the right thing was done and this case is finally, thankfully closed.
Created: Wednesday, June 15, 2005
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Posted by dngnb8 on Jun. 16, 2005 |
The right to die is an inalienable right IMHO.
OMG!! WE AGREE!!! Did the earth stop spinning!?!?!
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Posted by molten_dragon on Jun. 17, 2005 |
I absolutely agree. In some cases a person's life is the only thing that is truly theirs. Therefore, they should have complete control over it (including the right to decide when to end it). In cases where someone cannot make the decision themselves, then whoever they have designated must be willing to make the decision for them. I think that her husband made the right choice, difficult as it may have been for him. I do think it was unneccesarily cruel that they had to let her starve to death though. Why not just give her a shot and end it quickly.
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Posted by lgenerette on Jun. 18, 2005 |
1) TS did not make the decision.
Personally, I feel taking your own life is wrong and is a sin. (It is also illegal to attempt it.) But I see it like abortion; if you're 'dead set' on it, I'm not going to try to stop you. But this wasn't her decision.
2) Extraordinary measures are one thing, but with holding food is another. Her husband won the right to starve her to death.
3) I think all life has value...not just the intelligent, the beautiful, the able-bodied, the blue-eyed, the ones born to affluent families, etc. Who are we to judge the value of a life?
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Posted by dngnb8 on Jun. 20, 2005 |
But was it really taking a life. This is the grey area of the question.
Was it taking a life, or was it letting the body live on its own.
Is taking a life and letting someone die the same thing?
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Posted by lgenerette on Jun. 26, 2005 |
fine, pull the plug on her. But as long as there's a heartbeat or some kind of brain activity or something, she should have been fed, imho.
No, taking a life and allowing death are different, I think, but not mutually exclusive. For instance, pulling the plug and watching the brain activity stop is allowing death. Smothering her with a pillow is taking a life. TS's case is somewhere in between.
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