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Old 03-20-2005, 03:03 PM
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Default Congress Intervenes to Keep Florida Woman Alive

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.j...7&pageNumber=0

I guess everybody has heard about Terry Schiavo by now. I'm still not sure what I should think about this. As I understood it, this severly braindamaged woman still reacts to the people who surrounds her and still reacts to pain. Are other people allowed to make a decision about her life then?

On the other hand, THIS article is saying the following: Jay Wolfson, guardian ad litem, concludes in his report that Terri Schiavo is in a persistent vegetative state with no chance of improvement. Is euthanasia the most human thing to do when you have no prospects in life whatsoever?

Either way, death caused by removal of a feeding tube strikes me as inhumane. Is this the only way, legally and/or medically?

What do you guys think about this case?
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