Many people do not consider feeding tubes to be artificial means. I have
met a few adults with cp who ate that way. It's just an alternate means of
feeding. I agree however that Terri should die in peace, but I do not
believe she should be starved for two weeks to do it, for heaven's sake,
give her an injection.  I furthermore believe that even in marriage, if a
spouse is suspected of foul play that the spouse should not have the right
to terminate their partner, and this is what I think has happened in the
Schiavo case.

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Please ask your Congressperson to vote FOR the MICASSA bill, this
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~Tamar Mag Raine~
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> [Original Message]
> From: Kathy <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 3/23/2005 8:46:08 PM
> Subject: Re: Terri Schiavo redux from Inclusion Daily Express
>
> I say let's let Terri die in peace.  The government has no business in
> stepping into what is a family matter and the parents are not the ones to
> make the decision - her husband is.    Her parents were not there in the
> marriage, and her husband was.
>
> I myself have a living will and do not want to be kept alive by artificial
> means.  Even if the doctors made a misdiagnosis,  it's too late to do
> anything about it, and the husband is not at fault.
>
> I watched both of my parents die agonising deaths and can say I definitely
> would never want to be on a feeding tube or on an artificial resperator.
>
> Kat
>
> On Thursday 24 March 2005 2:04 am, Dave at Inclusion Daily Express wrote:
> > From Inclusion Daily Express International Disability Rights News
Service