The case of Terri Schiavo

[Ashley Weed]

Originally Posted by KenWittlief

This thread is showing why this is such a hotly debated issue. People see it from their perspective, based on their own experiences. But like I said, we dont know the reality of her situation, and we can only speculate, then argue about our speculations.

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'

then has death already visited?

if your spouse is an organ donor, and you give away organs at the time of 'death' - those body parts are still alive, arnt they? couldnt you agrue you are now married to all those people who received those body parts?

it sounds aburd, and that is my point. If brain scans show she is brain dead, and her body is being kept artifically pumping, are you still morally married?

I see this from the husbands persepectice. She told him she doesnt want to be kept alive in a situation like this and LAWYERS are going against her will. Her husband has been fighting for years to give her what she asked for, her dignity.

If he wanted a divorce he could have gotten one a long time ago - and someone doenst have to be dead to get a medical malpractice settlement. The fact that this guy has tried to move on with his life (found someone else) in no way reflects poorly on him, if HE is convinced his wife died 15 years ago.

I can fully understand, and in many cases agree. However, what if she never actually said those words? Without a living will nobody knows the truth if she ever told her husband her last wishes.
This is where the courts need to be involved. To best decide if her family should decide her fate.
I still have to agree, that the family would know her better than anyone else. Her overall will to live. Her earn to be alive, how much she would want to fight the inevitable to be on this planet to her last moment.
I know that I sure don't want my husband deciding this for me, and would not put such power in his hands. My family will always know how strong my will to live is.