Well, if your husband botches your murder and we all find you in a state where you can’t speak for yourself, you may be glad for some intervention... at that future time. Let’s hope your husband never opts to murder you (or perhaps he should succeed if he tries... LOL!)....
Regards,
Star Traveler
If investigation, at the time, shows my husband deliberately harmed me, then he should lose his decision-making powers and he should be criminally charged.
The point is that we, as a society, have created law to determine decision-making in these cases. In the vast majority of cases, the law works well.
Michael, being the husband, had the authority to determine Terri's "treatment". Terri's parents had no legal authority. Florida law stated that it was legal to withhold a feeding tube. No/little investigation was done at the time of injury to be able to say one way or another what happened. Case closed, IMO.
It bothers me tremendously that FReepers want to ignore written law, voted on by the people, and involve courts/State government/Federal government in making these decisions.