I think Terri Schiavo is already dead
I don't mean that in some sarcastic way. I mean that in the most respectful way possible. If life is sacred, then the question is: What is life? If you can't hear, smell, feel, see, taste, understand what is going on, and understand that you exist, are you really alive? I don't think so.
Terri Schiavo's parents still think that she can respond to them and that she can recover. I have heard from no qualified physicians who believe that. Instead, 18 experts have stated that she is in a persistent vegetative state, meaning her higher brain functions have ceased and will not come back. The parents are really hoping against hope that there daughter will come back to them and the tragedy of the condition gives them this false hope, because smiling and certain eye movements are really very primitive. The parents seem to me to be very niave scientifically, although I understand their grief.
To some extent, it does not matter what happens now. She is already dead and no act of congress, the courts, or the president of the United States can bring her back from death. No doctor can either. However, the question is who is to make the decision about the feeding tube.
Legally, the next of kin. That means the husband. Not the parents. I make decisions for my wife when she is incapable, not her parents who live 1500 miles away. As for the fact that Terri never told her parents what her wishes were, but did tell her husband, that makes sense. My wife and I speak about all important things like that. We live together. We speak all the time. While I am close to my mom, she hasn't a clue what is going on with me really. A person will usually often talk to his or her spouse (the person who would make the decision anyway). Not the parents.
As such, the arguments put forth by the parents and the right to lifers make little sense to me. I think abortion is immoral in most cases, but, here, life is not the issue. Life is more than just the body and the body, in this case, is all that is left. Let the body dies, stop functioning, or whatever you want to call it and let everyone involved grieve and move on with their lives.
Terri Schiavo's parents still think that she can respond to them and that she can recover. I have heard from no qualified physicians who believe that. Instead, 18 experts have stated that she is in a persistent vegetative state, meaning her higher brain functions have ceased and will not come back. The parents are really hoping against hope that there daughter will come back to them and the tragedy of the condition gives them this false hope, because smiling and certain eye movements are really very primitive. The parents seem to me to be very niave scientifically, although I understand their grief.
To some extent, it does not matter what happens now. She is already dead and no act of congress, the courts, or the president of the United States can bring her back from death. No doctor can either. However, the question is who is to make the decision about the feeding tube.
Legally, the next of kin. That means the husband. Not the parents. I make decisions for my wife when she is incapable, not her parents who live 1500 miles away. As for the fact that Terri never told her parents what her wishes were, but did tell her husband, that makes sense. My wife and I speak about all important things like that. We live together. We speak all the time. While I am close to my mom, she hasn't a clue what is going on with me really. A person will usually often talk to his or her spouse (the person who would make the decision anyway). Not the parents.
As such, the arguments put forth by the parents and the right to lifers make little sense to me. I think abortion is immoral in most cases, but, here, life is not the issue. Life is more than just the body and the body, in this case, is all that is left. Let the body dies, stop functioning, or whatever you want to call it and let everyone involved grieve and move on with their lives.
posted by Defender at 7:30 AM
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