And the removal of Ms. Schiavo's feeding tube has been pushed to the 18th.

[conuly]

Here.

Before people start debating this, let's get the following out of the way:
She doesn't use a ventilator.
She's not "hooked up to a machine" to live.
She isn't on life support, at least not as it's been defined to me.
She uses a feeding tube to eat. Removing this would cause her to starve to death/dehydrate.
Her parents say that she's minimally aware.
Her husband disagrees, and says that she didn't want to live like this.
He is living with another woman.
AFAIK, nothing from the insurance went to cover therapy for her.
It is argued that this therapy could've improved her condition.


Now you can go duke it out in my journal.

Comments

[jet87.livejournal.com]

I agree that if he doesn't want to deal with her, he should divorce her. However, getting the divorce when your spouse is (for lack of better word at the moment) disabled it could be harder than usual.

I've always believed in letting her live, and I'm not about to change sides.

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

It actually might be easier, as cold hearted as it sounds. In a lot of places not having intercourse for a year is enough reason for divorce (and the technical reason I got divorced since NYS doesnt have much in the way of grounds for divorce).

And as far as annulment goes, it was suggested by a priest that my husband annull our marriage (not knowing that we had a civil ceremony) because at the time it looked like I was sterile. I was a waste of perfectly good sperm, I guess. A similar ruling could take place. Hell, money can get almost anyone annulled.