Legally, under Flordia state law, the husband is second in line(after the person) in making their medical decisions. The parents are fourth, after children. So legally Micheal had the right to make that choice. There were a ton of different courts the case went through and they all made the same decision, upholding the law. So were they all wrong?

Well, there are different types of people in the court system and everywhere so (lots of them independently wealthy too). I'm not blaming it all on him.

I only have one comment and that is that if I was in a vegetative state for 13 years I would probably want it end to and get to heaven.

Yeah, but what about what she wanted, without others talking for her?

I guess we'll never know now

Yeah, but what about what she wanted, without others talking for her?If I was in a vegatative state, I would want my spouse to talk for me over my parents. The fact that the spouse takes precidence over parents is a very Biblical idea.

the 2nd smartest thing you could do is make your wishes known not only to your spouce but your family. The smartest would be have a Living Will drawn up that states your specific wishes so nobody would have to argue about it.

i dont think we should question the law that puts husband higher than the parents.
but why should any person have the power to assisted suicide.
if terri was fully able and healthy, her husband would not have been allowed to starve her. so, why after shes vegetative.

so you are sayng that he should have kept her in the hospital(where ever) , racked up the bills, and probably go into debt just to keep her alive in a state where she'll never come out of

he had like a million dollars in insurance.
and he kept that when she died.
and i kinda think since he wanted to remarry, he wouldve had to divorce her(and not get the money from that) or unplug her.

i suggest this thread be locked.

Well, at least we're thinking about it because things like this matter is all I was sayin. I mean although it's over it's still sad.

i suggest this thread be locked.

Yeah, I think you're right.

it's not that talking about it is bad, but arguing about it is not going to get you anywhere.

well, so far, nobody's "arguing"; it's still in the debate stage, which is perfectly fine and where it should be. :)

if it ever does blend over into "argument" then a warning (or 5, depending on how well y'all listen) will come, then lockage.

okay. makes some sense i guess.

What counts as arguing? j/w

Arguing is when you jump on somebody for no paticular reason. mike let me know this personally and i am glad he did, so listen to mike guys he means what he says. i agree with mike on this but as far as the schaivo deal, he was looking to get ready of the baggage and he did. he wanted something new and he did

guys, seriously. why argue about somthing thats already done? shes gone now. do you really think she would want you to keep arguing on and on about her death?

finally, someone who agrees with me.

Exactly, that's why I think they should lock this thread.

well i think we should just leave the whole issue alone. its over now.

the reason you discuss this issue after the issue is dead is so that you can learn from mistakes like this and better your life. and yes i do believe if she knew we were talking about this that she would be happy for one reason. that she knew what she went through and would want no one else to go through it. also the news is happy because people are opening up about their will's for the first time so this does not happen again, praise God. but this could have a profound impact on how even your own grandma and grandpa are cared for in their old age now. I mean come on why do we remember December7,1941, the day pearl harbor was bombed, to honor the victims and to make sure it does not happen again, the same for september 11th.


in the end you can lock this thread and close it down but i hope someone out there starts a new one, because this like most of the threads in mars hill needs to be discussed. this world is a place that is quickly swallowing up christian ethics and places of worship, we need every thread and every place to discuss these issues before it is too late. the moment we forget, we might as well give in to the enemy. because if you are willing to forget one thing we are willing to forget the basics.

Wow, you're so right...

http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/06/15/schiavo.autopsy.ap/index.html

Here's the autopsy.

I just heard it on the news. Good to know some verifiable evidence about it; it's a shame some didn't feel that way at the outset.

man, i may not know what she wanted, but basically if something happened to me where i'd never be the same as i was again then i'd say, just pull the plug.

yeah, what happened was sad I mean and sad that the marriage didn't seem to work.

i do think it's weird that he just left... if that happened to my spouse, i just wouldn't leave them. i mean, if i get married and he dies before i do, i don't think i'd ever marry again. i think i'd always feel like i was cheating on him...