Prisoners who have been convicted of horrible crimes are fed daily, because not feeding them is a violation of there rights, and is considered cruel and inhumane. And just think all that Terri did was become disabled. Its a sad day when pets and prisoners are better protected by our laws than the disabled.
That's what's scary about this whole thing.
People convicted of crimes and sentenced to death are fed until they are put to death by lethal injection, which is considered humane.
Today I read this:
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=3&u=/ap/20050328/ap_on_re_us/brain_damaged_woman&sid=84439559
- George Felos, the attorney for husband Michael Schiavo, told
reporters later that he had visited Schiavo for more than an hour Tuesday
and described her as "very peaceful. She looked calm."
- "I saw no evidence of any bodily discomfort whatsoever," Felos said.
- Schindler said he feared the consequences
of morphine that has been used to relieve his daughter's pain.
- "I have a great concern that they will expedite the process to kill her with an overdose of morphine because that's the procedure that happens," he said.
- Felos disputed that, saying that hospice records show Schiavo was given two low doses of morphine � one on March 19 and another on March 26 � and that she was not on a morphine drip.
- Hospice spokesman Mike Bell said federal rules kept him from discussing Schiavo specifically, but said "a fundamental part of hospice is that we would do nothing to either hasten or postpone natural death."
- Comfort measures, including morphine drips, are used in consultation with a patient's guardian, physician and hospice care team, Bell said.
- "I have a great concern that they will expedite the process to kill her with an overdose of morphine because that's the procedure that happens," he said.
