Interestingly, as someone over at GOP Bloggers pointed out, if Terri had killed someone and then been sentenced to death and decided that she would go on a hunger strike and starve herself to death then the very same people who removed this tube would make her get one put in to keep her from killing herself just so the state could do it themselves.

As a side note, a “liquified” cerebral cortex is certainly not good but she is able to follow people with her eyes and respond to stimuli. This hardly qualifies as vegetative, it is just not high functioning.

I guess my question is why do they not just inject her with chemicals to kill her? The end result would be the same. This mehtod just gives people a cowardly way of saying “Well, it is not our fault she could not feed herself, but we did not kill her, she starved herself to death.”

They also report on Neil Cavuto’s show that both Terri and Michael were awarded separate $1 million awards in 1993. This money is virtually gone, spent on Terri’s care and the court cases. Michael’s lawyers stopped charging fees in 2002 because the money was dwindling. A FNC reporter indicated there was only a total of $45,000 to $50,000 left.

Also, contrary to previous claims, experts are reporting at Fox that her death would be peaceful.

I’m glad that a news outlet has finally begun to accurately report the facts. Leave it to FNC to lead the way.

I, too, pray for Terri and her family. Believe it or not, my heart bleeds for them.

What you may not understand is that families are faced with this choice every day in situations with more unpredictable outcomes than the Shiavo case. Our family was faced with the same feeding tube choice when my Father had a stroke. There was no way of knowing how or if he would recover when we faced the decision. We were also told that once it’s in, it’s very difficult — legally speaking — to have it removed. We opted for the tube as the possibility for improvement existed. You might say I’m not emotionally detached from this issue.

Legally, the husband didn’t loose legal standing because no one contested it through the appropriate channels. Therefore, the court system must adjudicate on what its presented. I’m not suggesting we make a cost-basis anylsis concerning anyone’s life. The point is we are spending an incredible amount of money because legislators don’t like the various court decisions.

Every day people with “terminal” illnesses are given costly medical care in the hopes of prolonging their life if not curing their ailment. Should we be able to decide that once that person is too weak or sick to be a “functional” person that they are no longer eligible for such care and it is costing us too much and therefore we should stop feeding them and “decrease the surplus population” (Scrooge – A Christmas Carol).

I pray for Terri and her family, they certainly can use it. I pray also for this country – because God knows we need it.

Cattle should never be in a vegetative state. They should always be served with vegetables though.

Yes, I think I can see the parallel — not.