how do you view the removal of feeding tube of Terry Schiavo and cremation of her body her husband.?

Question

Against the will of Terry Schiavo's parents.

Against the wish of Terry Schiavo's parents.

Answer 1

I think it was wrong because her parents would have taken care of her. He should have just signed her over and yes he was into another women so he should have just appealed the court for a divorce so her could marry the other women with out killing his wife which in my eyes is exactly what he did

Answer 2

This was a terrible FAMILY tragedy that should NEVER have been dragged through the national media and especially as far as legislation. The whole thing was just horrible, it was turned into a circus by media and people who did not even know her, they robbed Mrs. Schiavo and both sides that family of any peace and or dignity they could have had regarding her tragic condition and ultimately even her death. The whole time everyone bickered and argued and changed their minds about what should be done and all that, Mrs. Schiavo just endured more suffering. The Governor had NO BUSINESS forcing legislation on such a matter. Unless you are related in some way to them, it is in fact simply NONE OF OUR BUSINESS. It was a family matter blown all up in the media, it is over now and I hope that she rests in PEACE FINALLY.

Answer 3

It was determined by several courts multiple times that it was Terri Schiavo's wish not to be kept alive by extraordinary means. Terry's parents lost every appeal they made against this decision.

Michael made considerable effort over many years to try and effect a recovery for Terri. He finally accepted the diagnosis of the overwhelming majority of doctors that Terri was in a persistent vegetative state (as was confirmed by the autopsy).

The husband was fulfilling the wishes of his spouse to have the feeding tubes removed. In US law the spouse becomes the guardian in cases where the partner becomes incompetent to make decisions, not the parents.

Terri's parents were cynically used as political pawns by the religious right including the President, Bil Frist, Tom Delay and others to grandstand to their fundamentalist base.

Answer 4

Very disturbing. This is an example of what liberals have planned for us as a society. If you are old and a burden, you get put to death. The Schiavo case really polarized my thinking with regard to euthanasia. I no longer consider a legitimate cause at all. In fact, I think that pro-euthanasia people have a sinister agenda and must be stopped.

If it was MY daughter, I know what I would have done. You would have had to kill me before I let you harm one hair on my daughter's head. And I probably would have killed a whole bunch of people before they succeeded in doing that. There are certain things I am willing to accept from my government and courts and certain things I am not prepared to accept. This is very far over the line into what I will not allow.....by force of arms.

Answer 5

Are you married? Does you will leave your earthly possessions to your spouse or children? If you die, should your will actually be followed, or should your parents decide what happens to your stuff, whether or not that agrees with what you wrote in your will?

The Schiavo case was tragic, but it was a political circus brought on by the fact that this poor woman reached adulthood and did not prepare a clear, written will. Under the law, in that case, all such decisions of this nature fall to the spouse.

Answer 6

The decison of life belongs to God alone, and we put ourselves in his place and undermine his purpose when we make those decisions.
God still has purpose in a life he sustains- and it can be things we don't see or always know.
While I understand Michael Schiavo's trial, he made a commitment to her, and that commitment still applies in this circumstance. He became inconvenienced and made a decision.
Abortion as well... a human life begins at conception and is no less a human life than Teri Schiavo. All human life has the same value as yours or mine. Her life was once an embryo too, as was yours and mine. We place ourselves above other lives if we rationalize "choice" or convenience.
No argument changes that.
We have become desensitized as a society because we allow more and more to be tolerated. Even rationalizing human life.

Good question. - thank you.

Answer 7

First of all I don't believe she should have been on the whole resuscitation thing for so long in the first place. For a year or so maybe but when someone isn't going to come back to us as they were and live a normal life and in a coma or worse with no hope it is cruel and heart breaking for everyone involved. I was glad the feeding tube was finally removed so that she could finally rest in peace. I see nothing wrong with cremation either. Ashes to ashes dust to dust not matter if she were buried or cremated. Plus someday we will run out of room on this earth for people to be buried so why not cremation? Against the will of her parents OK but he was her husband!

Answer 8

The decision seem to have been made perfectly clear between Terry and her spouse. The parents should have never been allowed to intervene.

The more I read about the story the more it seems the parents were more concerned about the "money" than what was best for Terry. The one good thing that came out this situation was that I made my intentions verbally and legally known.

If cremation was Terry's choice, then so be it!

Answer 9

I think he made the right decision on taking away the feeding tube. My husband and I have discussed that neither of us would like to live that way. I am sure he knew her long enough to know what she would have wanted. Her parents didn't want to let go but she was not there daughter any more just a shell. They claimed she blink her eyes in response that was involuntary at that point. You are technically not alive at that point she really had no brain waves. We have individuals where I work who don't get to choose they are stuck being alive whether they want to or not cause a social worker who never ever talks to them decides to keep them alive. No matter there condition happy or not. It is sad to see some one so unhappy but not even be aloud to die. When they wish to. As for the person Above who said until god decided to release her. He had a feeding tube is not god's doing. They proved she could not live with out life support by taking her off of it. If god had meant for her to live he would have taken it in his hands and made her live. The Life support was preventing her from going onto Heaven. Where would you rather be in a body that was not you anymore or Heaven. Cremation is a fine idea you don't need you body once you pass.

Answer 10

This is the correct thing to have happened.
She married her husband - and that became her family, to make decisions for each other if needed.
The medical evidence and autopsy proved that the could not have been conscious or recovered.
As far as the removal of the feeding tube, many incurable people die this way in hospice. This was not some special torturous abuse as the pro-life rabble try to say it was.
The worst thing in this is the way the pro-life movement fed the irrational expectation of those parents.

Answer 11

Well, lets SEE.

According to Terri Schiavo's WEDDING VOWS, she and her Husband became as if one flesh.

SO HER PARENTS WISHES MEAN SQUAT.

When HE married HER, they became one Flesh, so he was to care and love her "until DEATH do they PART." The LAW OF THE GREAT STATE OF FLORIDA made provision for him to do what he did. In NO WAY was it wrong!