Who are WE to determine whether or not someone else's life has value?
That decision should be left between God and the person.
I know people who have mentally/physically challenged children that will have to be cared for, fed and transported as babies, for all their lives, yet they will TELL you that these children bring tremendous joy into every life they touch. Other's would have aborted them, or placed them into the care of others to avoid the inconvenience and expense involved in caring for and loving them.
To allow the courts to decide to kill, yes KILL, Terry is to set a precedent in this country wherein the judiciary can decide the "value" of a human life. This is the train that could eventually lead us straight into something analgous to Hitler's eugenics programs which sought to eliminate any humans deemed "inferior" and "useless." -- anyone who could not "contribute" to society -- anyone who placed a "burden" upon others.
If you don't think there are people who want this in our country, then simply read the biography and history of Margaret Sanger who founded "Planned Parenthood." She not only worked directly with Hitler's eugenics people after her husband sent her off to Germany, but there are also numerous quotes, and letters of hers, speaking about her efforts to control the breeding of the blacks, the mentally inferior, and the poor. It's an alarming subject, but true nevertheless, and I hope you'll research it and not take my word for it. So if you cannot see the connection and understand why a multitude of pro-life/anti-abortion organizations are also up in arms about Terry's fate, hopefully this will enlighten you a little.
These people, starting today, will be bringing food and water to Terry to show the world that there are still people in this country who value life. They already expect that they will be arrested and taken to jail for this. They also have families and children who will suffer because of this.
The Schindlers, and extended family, beside loving Terry with all their hearts, are aware of these things also. This has been documented, and discussed by them. They not only love their daughter, but they realize the other issues involved and love their country as well - not failing to mention their God.
The other day, member's of Terry's own family, not her parents, heard her express that she wanted to live. This was also heard by a police officer. I find it really hard to believe that a sister, an inlaw, and police officer would conspire together to make up something like this. On the other hand, you have her husband, who stands entirely alone saying otherwise. Five family members and now a policeman also; four who have known her from birth vs. a husband who refuses to surrender guardianship stating that the reason is because he wants her death wish to be fulfilled.
For almost every doctor that states Terry is a vegetable, the Schindler's have doctors who say otherwise, So what makes Terry different? She has to be fed differently than we do and doesn't have full brain capacity. This does not make her "dead." BUT in the eyes of some, it does make her worthless - simply not worth caring for.
A baby does not feed itself, and neither can it speak, or do a single thing for itself. It can only express emotion, yet we feed them and care for them because we LOVE them, but we cannot LOVE an adult who needs this type of care? Why not? Simple. We expect any adult to get off their proverbial arse and contribute to society rather than burden and inconvenience society. Yes, we have become that SELFISH in this day and age.
The parents want to care for and love Terry. It's not about MONEY for THEM. There is NO more money involved here that they can put into their pockets anyway. The money would be placed into escrow, by their own wishes, and allocated for Terry's specific care and needs. Furthermore, these folks were "set" financially prior to having to defend Terry's life from her husband. I might add, that they have spent nearly every dime they had in doing so.
It was her husband who initiated that lawsuit, and it's a fact that his lifestyle did change upon receiving the money. There was no escrow or accountability involved there. It was also not very long after Terry was injured that this man started sleeping with someone else and having children - all the while remaining married to Terry, and refusing to give up any control. And of course, his sole reason being that he wants to fulfill her wish to die. This he knows because, he claims, she made a statement to this effect while watching a television show years ago. When it comes right down to it would you want someone deciding your fate because of something you said while under the influence of a television drama even though there was no serious discussion with that person about the matter? When and IF she dies, he inherits all the money and is not accountable in any way for how he spends it - just like now, but with the added benefit of also not having to explain himself to anyone. The Schindler's have held him to the wire on that money for years once they saw where much of it was going. This is why there is a riff between them.
Whatever the case may be, he also wants to deny her continued love. He wants to deny her a family who earnestly wishes to take upon themselves the responsibility to care for her.
To those who would agree in taking her life because of her condition, I suggest that it would be easier for you to begin with anyone in your OWN family having alzheimer's, anyone born crippled, anyone too old and frail to contribute to society, and anyone likely to be born with down's syndrome. They are all worthless, and a burden on us. For some it will be a little too late to get them to sign a living will, but hey, you can't always get things your way anyhow. Pretty soon it won't even matter what "they" might want. The courts will be able to decide if they should live or not. You can then simply take your lame, worthless person to court and get on with your life!
In fact, we should just go ahead and get rid of anyone who cannot feed themselves or communicate well, for we only value, and commit ourselves to the lives of those who can give back to us. We haven't a clue what love is. Our hearts have become as cold and hard as stone. But hey, we're so tough, we're straight to the point, and we do love ourselves -- so more power to us! And we gotta remember, it's money that makes our world go round! -- especially now that love and God are gone - those tended to interfere with what we want also.
The fact that our government, in a case like this, can just decide to take a life, inspite of that life having a support system in place, and family who loves her, literally millions of people who care about her AND want to help with their time, energy and money, etc, should give you a glimpse into the future of our world. It should serve to show you the lack of value for human life, and the lack of commitment and love in our society. This ought to really wake you up. If it doesn't, I only know one other thing to say: You should go looking for your heart, you lost it somewhere, and with it, the ability to love expecting nothing in return.
I agree with Bush. If there is any possibility of an error regarding what TERRY WANTS, then we should always err on the side of life.
So you disagree with that? Tell us who you really are?
