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Re: The case of Terri Schiavo
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If your family doctor tells you 'your spouse is gone, not here anymore, we are keeping her body alive artifically, but her conscouseness has left'
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That's the problem though and basically is the whole argument of the her parents. There have been people who have actually been diagnosed with the same condition as Terri and are now alive and well.
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I mean, I find it hard to believe that anyone's wish would be, "If I am in a hopeless vegetable state for fifteen years, I would like my family to spend all of their money keeping my heart pumping, and to spend the rest of their lives mourning me."
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Actually Terri has no machine hooked up to her. The only thing she actually needs is water and food through a tube.
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