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To: greenspirit who wrote (105198)3/21/2005 12:08:42 PM
From: Thomas A Watson  Read Replies (3) of 793914
 
That was not a bad summary. I concur with most of the observations. But I definitely except this one.

MYTH
Terri’s case is a right-to-die case.

REALITY
This claim is disputed. Terri’s parents and siblings say that she does not want to be starved to death and are asking the courts to allow them to care for her.

By circumstance my humble parish priest is a Jesuit. Michael you know how picky I am, Father is good, I mean good. He like your has the ability to often get right to the crux of an issue.

This is a right-to-die case plus. I had argued misgivings based upon the unique spouse relationship in this case. My arguments do not apply legally or spiritually(Catholic doctrine).

The plus here is that never before has any third person been allowed to exercise the full sanctioned right to die possibilities that a conscious person would have the right too.
That may be only in cases where no documents exist to state the wishes of a person who can no longer communicate their wishes.

It is accepted legally a person has the right to in effect choose suicide by refusing such treatment as the feeding tube.

What is unique is that this case redefines what a third party and the court can decide. In that a spouse is really no different than any third person, allowing the court decision to stand means any court can decide another can do or redefine whatever, in this case remove a feeding tube to assist in a suicide.

One can feel assisted suicide is right or wrong, but legally now assisted suicide is barred pretty much everywhere.

That is the big deal as I understand it.
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