Quote Originally Posted by nik0tine
I have finally made up my mind. I side with her husband. The question in this case is not "What is the right thing?" or "What would Terri want?" the question is, simpley, "Who has legal control over Terri?" The answer is Terri's husband. Therefore he calls the shots. Period. If this means Terri dies then so be it. Is the husband making a just decision? Who knows. All I know is that it is absurd to think that our government can pull this crap off.
No, the main question still is "what would Terri want?" However, in order to try to achieve that, there is a sort of medical hierarchy as to who gets the call. I know of a doctor who works at a hospital and was on a medical ethics board. He also came in to my Philosophy class when we were talking about medical ethics. He said the person on top of that hierarchy is the husband. The parents are third. I forget who's second(maybe children over the age of 18), but I do remember the parents were third.
Also, not just the husband testified that she said she would want to die: the brother-in-law, uncle, and best friend did as well.


"The government has decided that instead of trying in vain to do a lot of things for everyone, they will instead do one thing for one person and go on a case by case basis until every problem in the country is solved. Makes perfect sense."
Haha