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To: maine-iac7
Terri wasn't given a choice. there is NO proof that she ever said she would prefer to be starved to death - only a man to whom her continued breathing was inconvenient...and who only remembered, after 7 years, that she said she wouldn't want to be kept alive by artificial life support.

What can I say? Every court believed him. And the law says the spouse has the last word in situations like this.

147 posted on 04/01/2005 9:17:54 PM PST by Jorge
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To: Jorge; maine-iac7
"What can I say? Every court believed him.

That is a popular misunderstanding. Actually, only one court accepted this (Terri's purported wish to be disconnected from life support) and found it to be factual and dispositive of her wishes - Greer's court. The rest of the courts never reviewed any of his findings of fact, including this one.

185 posted on 04/01/2005 9:31:59 PM PST by drt1
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To: Jorge

Please give us contact information so we can warn YOUR spouse to name someone besides you to be his/her medical advocate because should he/she become ill and inconvenient to you that you will starve him/her to death.


354 posted on 04/01/2005 10:38:43 PM PST by SendShaqtoIraq (Reggie, we will always love you.)
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