[DBeers]

How would all this apply to the thousands of others out there in a similar situation to Terri? Particular those with living wills? Is this the federal government's business?

The federal government does represent the people and the question is not that simplistic and constrained -life is an inalienable right from the Creator. Life is not a right given by the state or federal government. As such, life trumps matters of the state.

[gentlestrength]

Ted Kennedy has just claimed he will fight this Senate attempt with all he's got.

[whereasandsoforth]

I believe wholeheartedly that this SHOULD NOT be the government's business. But it became government's business the day the adulterer/husband took his plan to murder his wife into court...and the court agreed with him! Now its my business, your business, and everybody's business.

Whatever mistakes are made along the way can be fixed later. We don't have the same luxury of time where Terri is concerned.

[goldstategop]

I need to stress that our rights come from God. This is the traditional American understanding of them. The government simply ensures we can exercise them. It cannot grant them or take them away. Our rights do not come from the hand of man or from the State.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)