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averagefellar said:
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Excuse me, but "duh"! She's disabled, she has brain damage.

Copping an attitude just serves to remind me that you are definitely thinking with your emotions.

Oh, the horrors of feeling compassion. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/rolleyes2.gif" alt="" /> Frankly, William, I'm quite shocked with the attitude you've presented so far in this thread. Do you normally support "mercy killing"?

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Yes, she is damaged. According to some doctors, irreparably.

Whether she might improve with therapy is disputed (she hasn't been provided therapy since 1991, on the orders of her husband!), but there's no doubt she'll remain brain damaged for the rest of her life. And? This somehow means that it's okay to kill her? Remember, it's not simply "letting her die," but withholding sustenance and actively starving and dehydrating her to death.

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She can't voice her own wishes and hasn't been able to for ten years. She can't feed herself or take care of herself in any other manner.

There are a lot of disabled people in similar situations. Would it be okay to kill them all, too?

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Despite the fact that her husband has not acted in a christian manner sexually, they are still married. View that in light of scripture and he is the only one with the power to make that decision.

In what way is he truly married to her? Except for his attempts to ensure that Terri dies, he's really abandoned her and is currently living with another woman by whom he has children, and whom he plans to marry as soon as Terri does die. He's not fit to be her guardian.

Kyle

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified.