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Terry Schiavo
If you became mentally handicapped or maybe even not, but were dependant on life support, would u want to die naturally, or would u want to be sustained unnaturally by life-support and resusitation??
Its amazing how long and drawn out this case is becoming. she never made any statement of not wanting to be sustained by life support, so i think she should be kept alive. from what ive heard, i dont believe she is in a vegetative state but one of "minimal consciousness". this new definition of consciousness has just recently been made as over 40% of diagnosis's of a state of vegetation are wrongly made.
the husband has another woman, another family, has spent much of the money he won from a malpractice lawsuit on questionable things, i really dont think he should speak anymore for his wife. just let her live, and let this all die down. maybe if she had been getting some rehabilitation from the money being spent on attorneys by her husband, she'd have some aspect of functionability such as being able to swallow.
| quote: | Terry Schiavo Parents Seek More Tests
1 hour, 12 minutes ago U.S. National - AP
By MITCH STACY, Associated Press Writer
CLEARWATER, Fla. - An attorney for the parents of a brain-damaged woman at the center of a right-to-die case asked a judge Tuesday to allow new medical tests to determine if she has more mental activity than previously thought.
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Slideshow: Terri Schiavo Right-to-Die Case
Judge Orders Schiavo's Tubes Can Be Removed
(AP Video)
Attorney David Gibbs III told Judge George Greer that 41-year-old Terri Schiavo deserves to be re-evaluated with technology that has advanced since the last time she was tested in 2002.
"We do believe Terri should get this benefit," Gibbs said. "She deserves to have the tests run."
The hearing was the latest in a flurry of litigation before the court-ordered March 18 removal of a feeding tube that helps keep Terri Schiavo alive.
Bob and Mary Schindler have fought their daughter's husband, Michael Schiavo, for nearly seven years to try to keep her alive. Michael Schiavo contends she would not want to be kept alive artificially, and has court permission to stop the feedings so she can die.
Gibbs also asked Greer to reconsider testimony from a friend of Terri Schiavo about what her end-of-life wishes might have been.
The judge said he would rule as early as Wednesday.
In Washington, Rep. Dave Weldon (news, bio, voting record) and Sen. Mel Martinez, both Republicans from Florida, introduced legislation Tuesday that would require that incapacitated people be represented by their own attorneys. Schiavo's husband is her legal guardian.
"When a court is making a life or death decision for a disabled person who has been charged with no crime, shouldn't they be afforded independent counsel to speak on their behalf?" Weldon asked.
If the bill becomes law by March 18, the Schindlers could use it to sue in federal court to challenge the removal of the feeding tube, attorneys said.
Also Wednesday, Greer will hear arguments from lawyers for the state Department of Children & Families, which is trying to intervene in the case to investigate what it says are new complaints of abuse and neglect by her husband.
Terri Schiavo suffered severe brain damage when her heart stopped beating for several minutes in 1990. Doctors said a suspected eating disorder might have caused a chemical imbalance. She depends on a tube in her abdomen for food and water. |
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