The resluts have come out and Terri was in a persistent vegetative state. The autopsy also cleared the husband of any wrong doing. I do not understand how the doctors can tell how she got in this state so many year later.
I would never want to live like that and would definitely prefer to be dead. It seems that all of the people who said she was not in a vegetative state were wrong. I have not heard many pundits or politicians rushing to report how wrong they were. (no surprise)It was awful the way Terri was exploited for personal gain. Her "husband" should also count himself as one of the people who should feel like a scumbag.
His argument was since he is the husband he should get to decide her fate. On the face of the argument I have no quarrells. But under the surface it seems different. Mike Schiavo claimed he neeeded the millions he was suing the hospital for because he was going to take care of Terri for the rest of her life. When he does not get the millions (he got 1 million) then he remembers that Terri told him she would not want tolive like that. Their is no sanctity in a marriage where one partner has kids and has been living another person for a decade. I believe the parents should have had the legal decision making power for her, but in the end I think it was right for her to be allowed to die. I only wish she would have been allowed to die with dignity.
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