Tuesday, March 22, 2005

Should she live or should she die?

That's the question being asked about Terri Schiavo. Her husband wants her dead, her parents want her alive. Doctors say she is in a permanent vegetative state and will never recover. Husband says she would not want to remain that way. Parents say where there is life, there is hope. There does indeed seem to be something cruel to allow someone to go on "living" in such a state. There also seems to be something cruel to sitting back and watching someone starve to death. Had there been a living will, this wouldn't be an issue. But the fact that you have the parents fighting the husband, it's been quite a headliner of a story. This is a tough one. I see both sides. It has certainly turned political. Republican leaders are coming down on the side of the parents. Democrat leaders are actually keeping kind of quiet. This isn't one of those issues you come out and say, "Let her die!!". I'm just thankful such a decision on whether Terri lives or dies does not rest with me. I'm not sure anyone can truly say what they'd do in this situation, because until it actually happens, how can you really know?

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