<p>i see a lot of slippery slope whoring in here. is there an estimate on how much it costs per year to have this potato under constant care?</p>
<p>If she's brain dead, is she just a corpse hooked up to machines then? How can someone dead take in nutrients from food? If you're brain dead, then are you completely 100% dead or what?</p>
<p>Please read posts before you ask questions that have been answered. She is not brain dead. It's in big bold letters.</p>
<p>she absolutely should be able to die in peace, and yes i think the kevorkian-style , or some time of lethal injection is appropriate....since dying from starvation is def not peaceful.
i also think its ridiculous that all these damn pro-life groups (aka the same people who are against abortion yet support the death penalty, and are also against gay marriage....yeah basically the Bush crowd) are sticking their noses into this personal family issue and drawing out the pain for the husband and the family. to call him a murderer is ridiculous. people sign that agreement to be ALLOWED to die for a reason, no one deserves to suffer in a coma for 15 yrs.
i actually got an EMAIL the other day from the freaking Family Research Council (who also sends me emails about the "horror" of gay marriage...dont even get me started on that) telling me to write letters or some **** to the husband or the gov't about how terri should live. i mean honestly, shut up, its none of their business whatsoever; they are only increasing the suffering that this poor husband has had to endure for 15 YEARS. it makes me sick.</p>
<p>Did she actually sign something though? I thought stuff like this needed to be written down.</p>
<p>I just found this article. It (sadly) confirmed what many had expected all along. </p>
<p>(no she didnt sign anything because that wasnt an option at the time she entered the hospital...now when you go in you have to make the choice yourself. **NOTE: notice, because it was SO LONG AGO that she entered...wayyy too long)</p>
<p>also, slipstream, thanks for the article:
"Republican leaders believe their attention to the Terri Schiavo issue could pay dividends with Christian conservatives whose support they covet in the 2006 midterm elections, according to a GOP memo intended to be seen only by senators."
^^^^ sickening.</p>
<p>So in Texas, in a law signed into being by George W. Bush. Hospital Administrators can choose to end a patient's life when the patient is on life support...giving only 10 days notice to the family. Hospital Administrators, the ones who stand to risk financial losses once a patient's medicare funding runs out, are the ones who determine whether or not a patient is incurable.
Thought this was very very interesting. Why isn't congress trying to save Mr. Nikolouzos' life? As far as I know he hasn't expressed a wish to die. </p>
<p>Not directly related to the Schiavo case, but I do think it exposes some hypocrisy on the part of GWB. And I'm a republican, BTW. I'm ashamed by his double standards on this isue.</p>
<p>As far as the Schiavo case goes, if she is in a PVS, then I think that she should be allowed to die. However, I think that's the fact in question, whether or not she is in a PVS. Unfortunately I haven't been following this closely enough to really know.</p>
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<p>No wonder these kinds of newspapers can stay in business. It's people such as you who believe their liberal propaganda. Do you think Congressmen from around the country would fly all the way to DC at 12 in the morning just to try to influence something a YEAR away. This is a person's life we're talking about here, and it is typical of liberals to spin it another way. I doubt many people are even going to remember this in a year, so who cares about elections.</p>
<p>we dont know if she ever told michael to die...he might be lying. he has started a new family and terry is a burden to him. if the family is willing to take care of her, let them even if she will never get better. why does he have to kill her when he doesnt have to take care of her? he wants money, life insurance, thats what it comes down to.</p>
<p>we dont know if she ever told michael that she wanted to die in this position...he might be lying. he has started a new family and terry is a burden to him. if the family is willing to take care of her, let them even if she will never get better. why does he have to kill her when he doesnt have to take care of her? he wants money, life insurance, thats what it comes down to.</p>
<p>some people here obviously don't know the meaning of suffering and tend to always think from their point of view dogmatically. </p>
<p>I mean if she offer the slight hope of recovery, let her live. If not 8- 10 years of no change ( she's been offered no treatment ? what bulsh it ) means she's not going to change now either. A majority of her life has already passed and i do believe its time for her , her husband and her family to move on.</p>
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It's reported by
Reuters[/url</a>]
[url=<a href="http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/politics/11187641.htm%5DThe">http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/politics/11187641.htm]The</a> Kansas City Star
The</a> Washington Post
[url=<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aTb7w3qLXjes&refer=top_world_news%5DBloomberg%5B/url">http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aTb7w3qLXjes&refer=top_world_news]Bloomberg[/url</a>]
to name a few. Not to mention that the memo was mentioned on both CNN and Fox News. </p>
<p>Liberal propaganda? The Washington Post is the paper that broke the story. Give me a break.</p>
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In a country where 51% voted for Bush, a Republican, 67% +/-4.5% believe that they believe lawmakers became involved for political gain. So tell me again this is a liberal conspiracy.</p>
<p>Judge Denies Terri Schiavo's Parentes Request</p>
<p>TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- A federal judge on Tuesday refused to order the reinsertion of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube, denying an emergency request from the brain-damaged woman's parents. The parents' lawyer quickly filed a notice of appeal.</p>
<p>The ruling by U.S. District Judge James Whittemore came after feverish action by President Bush and Congress on legislation allowing the contentious case to be reviewed by federal courts. The judge said the 41-year-old woman's parents had not established a "substantial likelihood of success" at trial on the merits of their arguments.</p>
<p>What this case is really about is keeping politics and state-endorsed religion out of our private lives. Many seniors like me now must dread that our most personal and painful private matters might be turned into political footballs by those cravenly seeking approval from certain voting blocs, or that we could be imprisoned against our wishes inside a dead body because of somebody else's religious beliefs. This is why seniors polled by ABC were the most likely of any age group to support the removal of Schiavo's feeding tube. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/op%5B/url%5D">http://www.latimes.com/news/op</a> inion/commentary/la-oe-scheer2 2mar22,0,217670.column?coll=la -news-comment-opinions</p>
<p>Tenisghs,
I believe she should be kept alive, and I am in no way a religious fanatic...I am an atheist.</p>
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<p>I don't understand why all these religious fanatics find it so important to keep a brain dead living cadaver alive thru medical science. If they really believed in heaven and hell they would allow her to go on to the after-world. Our Muslim enemies certainly understand this, which is why the suicide bombers have no fear of death. They think heaven awaits them. The religious right apparently doesn't have the courage of their convictions.</p>
<p>I think that if the parents want to keep Terry on life support then let them pay the $800,000 a year it costs. Maybe President Bush can chip in some Halliburton money? Our science has brought us to the point where even dead people can be kept alive for years. Are we now going to pay for millions of people to be kept alive indefinitely? </p>
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<p>Just think people...it costs $800,000 a year to keep that woman alive. Who is footing the cost?????
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<p>How do you go to a disabled woman's mother and tell her that her daughter doesn't deserve to live and should "die in piece and be with the Lord." MURDER. Do you have any idea what a LIFE is?? No, she's not as fortunate as the rest of us who can communicate for ourselves, but she is ALIVE. What does the word LIFE mean to you?</p>
<p>I don't get it--how on earth does this woman interfere with YOU??? What gives you the authority to want her to DIE??</p>
<p>the 11th circuit court just rejected her appeal</p>
<p>hmm, time is running out!</p>
<p>"but she is ALIVE"</p>
<p>technically she is being kept alive. she has no brain activity and thus is a human vegetable with everything running on autopilot. She should be allowed to die peacefully as she wished</p>