Try and pay attention, people.

[docwebster]

I wasn't arguing the validity of her final wish (although the sole source we have of that being her final wish seems to be her incredibly creepy husband). What I was arguing was the manner of that death. It's babaric, and it's just plain wrong. We don't let people do that to dogs, why in the name of all that's holy, sacred and true are we doing it to a human being?

(Plus, I can't find my damn wallet so that makes me even grumpier.)

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[eleri.livejournal.com]

If the final say lies with her parents, than everyone who's ever gotten married is *screwed*. It's one of the hallmark rights of marriage that your spouse becomes the person you *VOLUNTARILY* give the right to make health care decisions.

"They brought her into this world"?!? That's just *offensive*. Tell that to any person who's ever been abused by a parent, that that parent has the right to make life and death decisions even into adulthood. Gah.

[ex-deliveryboy.livejournal.com]

so by your logic, any husband or wife who beats their spouse has the same exclusive right that they live or die?

I wasn't making general claims that *all* parents should be the ones to make such decisions. I was commenting on this case and this case alone.

These people obviously feel very strongly and believe that their daughter can improve and has been responsive. I had heard several months back that the husband is due a pretty large settlement once his wife is dead.


If one has actually filled out power of attorney/living will/whatever or there is absolutely without a shred of doubt that there is no hope of recovery, pull the fucking plug. In this case, their daughter obviously cannot make that decision, or at least express that decision one way or another. Her parent's firmly believe that she can recover and make progress with the proper treatment, which she has been denied.

Tell you what, when YOUR child's life, regardless of their age, is completely and totally decided upon by someone who has for all intent and purpose moved on with his or her life, I'd be very interested in hearing how you feel then.

This asshat is blocking his wife's LOVING parents from being able to take on the responsibility and care for their own daughter, and he's doing it for money, and allowing this poor woman to be starved to death.


I'm all for assisted suicide. Death should be quick and painless. However, the person on the receiving end of that dose should be the one to make that decision. Absolutely no one has any idea what's really happening inside her mind.

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Terri no longer has a cerebal cortex. It's gone, nothing but a pool of spinal fluid. Her brain is gone. Do you understand that? None of the medical experts that the parents have used have ever even examined Terri. When the judges vierwed the full video of her alleged responses, they found that the parents were taking any random movement as a response.

He's doing it because TERRI DIDN'T WANT THIS! She said so, and not only her husband but her brother and his wife have testified to this! There is no hope that she will ever get better, none. Let the body die.