Terri
I'd be interested to hear some of your opinions on this - if Terri's death was happening by a method other than slowly starving her to death, would these arguments still be the same as they are now? The "slowly starving her to death" is the only part that makes me have second thoughts. Maybe its just the sound of it, I don't know how it will be for her physically, and I suppose nobody knows how it will be for her mentally. (I'm sure they'll be medicating her to make sure she's "as comfortable as possible".) If she was being allowed (forced?) to die quickly, in a 100% certain pain-free manner, would this debate be the same, and would it be dominating the news?
I believe its time to "let her go" but I understand it is hell for her family. I'm sure it wouldn't be so difficult for them, if she was in an obviously comatose state, not blinking, "smiling", and in their opinion, responding to them.
(And I have no trouble believing that she wouldn't want to live this way. Whether she ever voiced that to her husband or not, who would say that they want want to live that way?)
Last edited by Brett's Honey; 03-20-2005 at 01:55 AM.
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