pedxing
Member
While it is conceivably possible that Terry's wishes were not correctly interpreted, it is highly unlikely. Furthermore, her rights were not trampled on. An exhaustive and objective effort was made to determine what her wishes were and what her best interests were in this matter. The courts succeed in taking an extended and objective view of the situation. They heard loads of expert testimony, viewed film footage and made clear rulings again and again. The system actually worked very well, and a group of zealots repeatedly got in the way.
The autopsy was not necessary for objective people to reach a clear and certain conclusion... only to put a hole in the wall of denial built by zealots and by grieving blinded parents who would have been better served if their friends and allies had helped them see reality.
There is something ironic about the man who signed the Texas futile care law (and his brother) being champions of rights of a patient in a persistent vegitative state.
The autopsy was not necessary for objective people to reach a clear and certain conclusion... only to put a hole in the wall of denial built by zealots and by grieving blinded parents who would have been better served if their friends and allies had helped them see reality.
There is something ironic about the man who signed the Texas futile care law (and his brother) being champions of rights of a patient in a persistent vegitative state.