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...saved by my family doctor inserting another tube as quickly as possible.) The point of this is not that I ended up at Harvard and Schiavo did not, as some people would undoubtedly conclude. The point is that society already believes to some degree that it is acceptable to murder disabled people...
...Schiavo starves to death, we are entering a world last encountered in Nazi Europe. Prior to the genocide of Jews, Gypsies, and Poles, the Nazis engaged in the mass murder of disabled children and adults, many of whom were taken from their families under the guise of receiving treatment for their disabling conditions. The Nazis believed that killing was the highest form of treatment for disability...
This case is not just about euthanasia or legalized murder, however. It also centers on why Michael Schiavo refuses to transfer care to Terri Schiavo’s family. Terri’s parents are desperately trying to provide her with the medical and personal attention she needs and deserves, but that her husband and the courts have denied. Michael Schiavo called for her death long before any doctor suggested she could be in a PVS, yet her parents have demonstrated that they only want a safe home and rehabilitation therapy for their daughter. Terri Schiavo stands to benefit from...
...process allows for a court review that looks at old and new facts to ensure that an innocent person is not executed. Executions are routinely delayed as a result of the extensive appeals process. Terri Schiavo deserves at least as many rights as a person convicted of capital murder...
...decision to call the hearing followed a March 14 SJC decision, which revealed that a victim’s personal history may be relevant in murder cases where it is unclear who initiated the altercation...