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Originally Posted by ShangriLaTroubl
You have many people who say "Terri Schiavo, however, is not a dying woman.Terri is a healthy woman with a disability." I think that's stretching things a lot..
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The issue here is that Terri may be in a vegatative state, but she is not terminally ill. In my opinion, that is the difference between hospice care and the witholding of food to a terminally ill person, and this case, where Terri very well may live for another 30 years.
My main concern is that this will set a kind of standard for what we (society) determine to be quality of life. And where does that stop, exactly? If there is a determination that this type of existence is unacceptable, will there be a point where society determines that those with extreme physical and/or mental disabilities are no longer "worth" it?