[mburbank]

I would be all in favor of actively euthanising this woman with an overdoes of Morphine, which is a quite painles way to die. Unfortunately, the laws of Florida do not agree. While witholding life support is legal, active Euthanasia is not. I suggest you write their governor a letter. He's far more likely to listen to your pro euthanasia stnce than mine, what with you being a conservative republican with Liberatarian leanings.

I agree, it would be less painful, far more humane. It would also leave the doctor liable to be prosecuted for murder and the hospital open to civil action under current Florida law, which like many other states, is barbaric on this count.

Your initial title about our govt. loving to murder innocent people is somewhat off base. Generally speaking, our republican leadership endources prolonging lives as long as is medically possible, regardless of brain function or suffering. While they haven't achieved that goal, they have made physician assisted suicide almost impossible, even in states that allow it.

Teri Schiavo is 39 years old. Kept on a tube, she might easily live in her current condition for thirty more years or longer. I'm certain her husband wants her to suffering ended as quickly as possible. The legal system of Florida has delayed this for ten years, twice refusing to hear the case. You can be sure that as she starves, legal wrangling will continue. Your contention that she recognizes people and that her reaction to stimulai constitutes any sort of awareness beyond autonomic nervous activity contradicts what her medical team believes.

What are you advocating? A change in Florida Law to allow this poor woman to die painlessly, or continuing her life mechnically? Or do you suppose anyone on any side of this actually endoreses the idea of her starving? Do you think there are some folks out there who's position is "Yes, she should be allowed to die, but only through Starvation."