[Gondring]

So the victim of childhood abuse could be swept back into her abuser's clutches...if her husband does something while she's incapacitated? Interesting.

So then can her children sue to divorce her from her parents?

[summer]

if her husband does something while she's incapacitated? Interesting.

What her husband should be doing is following her wishes -- but, again, that's hard to do when the wishes are unknown.

And, no, I don't a child abuser should have the right to abuse anyone again! You can't be against one type of abuse (by a spouse) only to place someone in the care of another abuser.

I understand the points you and some others are making, but, you honestly haven't convinced me that my idea is inferior to the end result we witnessed in Teri's case, becasue again, no one really knew what she wanted or what happened or what she would have chosen if she could have chosen.

And, parents of others have told me what I said at the beginning -- their sympathies were with Terri and her parents in this matter, because of all the unknowns. They are parents. Terri's parents are parents. To want to care for your child when your child needs care is a natural human response for the vast majority of parents.