Yahoo! News – Man Cleared to Remove Wife’s Feeding Tube
A judge gave Terri Schiavo’s husband permission to remove the brain-damaged woman’s feeding tube in three weeks, handing him a victory in his effort to carry out what he says were his wife’s wishes not to be kept alive artificially.
This is interesting, esp. with regard to the discussion that has been going on at Daffodil Lane regarding assisted suicide. It’s good that the issue is finally going to be resolved. What an awful situation. I hope I never have to deal with a family feud situation like this in my lifetime.
If you read the article to the end you will see that the Vatican weighed in on this argument:
“If Mr. Schiavo legally succeeded in provoking the death of his wife, this would not only be tragic in itself, but it would be a serious step toward legally approving euthanasia in the United States,” Cardinal Renato Martino, the head of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, told Vatican Radio on Thursday.
Again with the slippery slope! Why do people think that one situation will lead to another? I noticed that this agument style is a favorite of religious types. Where does this come from? Does Jesus or Paul use this in the Bible? It is so damn irritating to me.
Update (about 3 mins after posting above): Okay, now I’m confused….The next yahoo news article says that the woman’s feeding tube is to stay in place. Apparently I don’t know what the hell is going on…..and neither does yahoo news. Well, I guess the family feud soap opera contines. This is so disgusting.
update, redux: Okay, apparantly, the “husband cleared to remove feeding tube” story is more recent.
