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I would certainly hope so.....seen
any news tidbits?
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 9:35
PM
Subject: Re: [Sndbox] a possibility in
the euthanasia case
I don't consider the feeding tube life support...
It is
just the way that this mentally disabled person eats.
A compassionate
judge would weigh the big picture when
deciding how to properly repramand
the family for end around tactics.
A life is at stake.
Can I assume
that most "pro-life" advocates are trying to save
her?
On Thursday, October 16, 2003, at 08:07 PM,
Charles wrote:
The governor could issue an
executive order requiring that Terri be taught (rehabilitated) to eat by her
self *before* removing the feeding tube. <That would require
putting it back in of course>
The court
could order the same (and probably should have).
The husband
likewise could present this as a compromise position to the woman's family.
The family
asked for this in September, but because they did an end run around the
court it was denied. The judge that denied it explicitly said he would
have approved it if they had done it in a legal manner, but because they
didn't he had to deny it.
It could still be
done.
Now this would
have the effect of proving one side right or wrong. If she is capable
of learning to eat on her own it would prove she is not in a vegetative
state. If she is unable to learn to do this, then it would prove that
the feeding tube is life support.
This would be
an option that I could support wholeheartedly.
The
question is, is either side willing to step back and end this in an adult
fashion?
I'm not really
in favor of starving her to death. I *am* in favor of
allowing the next of kin to make decisions (under the applicable
laws of the state) concerning life support.
I'd possibly
be in favor of making legislation striking feeding tubes from the definition
of life support if it could be crafted in a way that would keep someone from
being able to be kept indefinitely against their will in a vegetative state.
Charles Mims
http://www.the-sandbox.org
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