Appeals court: Terri Schiavo parents cannot intervene - Page 2 - Big Big Forums

justme23 · 07-03-2004, 02:42 AM

I know a lot of ppl think this is about money for this man... and I don't know, perhaps it could be... but I have read a lot of articles from when this was big in the news whenever back that was that said that all the money he would have gotten has been used on her medical bills already and that he doesn't stand to get any of it. So maybe he really is just trying to find some peace for this woman... ppl do move on, just because WE would stay faithful to a spouse in this condition doesn't mean other ppl are SUPPOSED to.

Donnagg123 · 07-04-2004, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by jedmatters

Her parents had no right to intervene. Once you marry, you place all the control in your spouse's hands whether your parents agree or not.
And, yes, the governor and her parents over stepped. No one knows if she told him prior to 14 years ago what she wanted, but him. And it was his call.
14 years is too long for this mess to have gone on. He had every right to do what he did, and the saddest part is that people punish him for his rights.
I hope he can have a reasonable life now, and be happy.

I have to agree. I think that sometimes it is easy to spin a story the way you want it. I mean if everyone thinks about their own life if someone were to look at it from a certain angle it may look bad but you never know till you are actually living it.

Jolie Rouge · 09-23-2004, 12:59 PM

'Terri's Law' struck down
Thursday, September 23, 2004 Posted: 11:35 AM EDT (1535 GMT)

Terri Schiavo has been in what doctors call a persistent vegetative state for 14 years.

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP) -- The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a law that was rushed through the Legislature last fall to keep a severely brain-damaged woman hooked up to a feeding tube against her husband's wishes.

The unanimous court said the law that kept Terri Schiavo alive violated the separation of powers between the judicial branch and the legislative and executive branches.

Lower courts had ruled that Michael Schiavo could have the tube removed, but the Legislature passed the law to overrule the courts. Gov. Jeb Bush then used the law to order the tube reinserted. The court's decision came just a weeks after oral arguments.

Terri Schiavo, who lives in a Clearwater nursing home, can breathe on her own but relies on a feeding and hydration tube to live. Courts have concluded she is in a "persistent vegetative state," but maneuvering over her fate has produced a closely watched right-to-die fight.

The 40-year-old woman left no written instructions before suffering brain damage when her heart stopped beating 14 years ago. But in Florida a person's wishes must be honored even if they are expressed orally.

Schiavo's parents disagree with their son-in-law about her wishes, insisting their daughter wanted to live and could be helped with therapy. Courts have generally sided with Michael Schiavo, but parents Bob and Mary Schindler have won stays that have kept their daughter alive.

www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/09/23/shiavo.ap/index.html

nightrider127 · 09-24-2004, 07:06 PM

Nothing is going to help that poor woman. If her parents think she can get better with theraphy, they are living in a dream world.

I can understand how they feel, I really do. And it is tragic to have this happen to your child. But there comes a time when nothing else can be done for a person and you more or less have to give up.

Maybe I think like I do because of where I work. I have seen too many people live just to suffer. We have told our son not to keep us going by artificial means if we cannot have at least a near normal life. Myabe this is why I feel the way I do.

qwestgirl · 09-24-2004, 09:50 PM

I agree 100%. I am in Florida, right down the street from where Terri is....She needs to be let go. I honestly feel that the parents need to let go...Let this battle end. If therapy was going to help her, it would have been started a long time ago. When you have all of the Doctors saying that it isn't going to help, let it go!! Let her go. Get rid of the selfishness!! For the love of GOD!! Her husband has a right to move on.......As does the family.....They are all broke for what??? This stupid fight over who has the final say? I think that would be the husband......Power of Attorney!!

suziebee20 · 09-24-2004, 10:01 PM

I've thought and thought about this and I think it's time for the family to let go, however starving her doesn't seem like the best way to go about it... but it looks like the only way, which is where I'm on the fence. I feel really bad for her and it was wrong of her husband to use the money for her therapy on his girlfriend. I know if me and Jaime were married and something happened to me, I wouldn't want to be in a vegitative state depending only on an IV line of food not being able to do anything anymore- I'd want him to fight my parents to stop them from keeping me hooked up to a machine, and I wouldn't blame him for moving on either.

Even if therapy was going to help her but her husband wasted the money, it seems way too late now. So, if the family is keeping her alive just so her husband doesn't get the money, the odds are against their favor because she's just going to lay there for who knows how long until eventually she dies on her own- which will give her husband the money anyway wouldn't it?

qwestgirl · 09-24-2004, 10:51 PM

Well put.....

Jolie Rouge · 01-24-2005, 01:42 PM

Fla. Loses Appeal in Terri Schiavo Case
(AP) - The Supreme Court refused Monday to reinstate a Florida law passed to keep a severely brain-damaged woman hooked to a feeding tube, clearing the way for it to be removed. How soon that would happen, however, was unclear. The Florida Supreme Court had struck down the law last fall, and the justices were the last hope for state leaders who defended the law in a bitter long running dispute over the fate of Terri Schiavo.

http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl=fc&cid...sisted_Suicide

LazyTimeGirl · 01-24-2005, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by bell_peaches

Go ahead and flame away. I agree with the husband. I would not want to be kept alive in that condition. I don't agree with the parents and Governor. JMO

No flames from me -- I agree with you. She is married and therefore her parents don't have the right to make decisions for her. Her husband has that right. I believe that the parents are hoping in vain that they will get their daughter back. I believe the husband has his wife's best interests in his heart. Ask yourself if you would you want to be kept alive under those circumstances for such a long period of time?? I would not.

dangerousfem · 01-24-2005, 02:16 PM

The only thing is.. I have nothing against him moving on.. if he wanted to move on, he should have given guardianship to her parents and moved on.. let her be their concern not his.. No one has stated a good reason why he hasn't.... he found someone else... has children with her.. so walk away and let Terry's parents handle it....
Also.. and this is the really big thing that bothers me.
They want to STARVE HER TO DEATH this is not quick, its not painless... it is cruel we put people in jail FOR STARVING THIER ANIMALS but its ok to Starve this woman????

janelle · 01-24-2005, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by dangerousfem

The only thing is.. I have nothing against him moving on.. if he wanted to move on, he should have given guardianship to her parents and moved on.. let her be their concern not his.. No one has stated a good reason why he hasn't.... he found someone else... has children with her.. so walk away and let Terry's parents handle it....
Also.. and this is the really big thing that bothers me.
They want to STARVE HER TO DEATH this is not quick, its not painless... it is cruel we put people in jail FOR STARVING THIER ANIMALS but its ok to Starve this woman????

You are so right here. I agree 100%. He should walk away and have his new life if he really wants it. Why stay unless it's for the money he may still get. He can divorce her. Let her parents be guardians. Son't fight parents over the life of their child. Any parent would feel the same way---his would.

I dont agree when one marries you give your spouse all control over you. What is you marry an abuser?