Schindler versus Schiavo

We can contemplate all we want about whether Congress becoming involved in the Terri Schiavo case is an intrusion into family affairs. The bottom line is that she will be kept alive for the foreseable future and thus we, as civilized beings, will have erred on the side of the sanctity of life. Sure, the estranged husband may be telling the truth when he claims Terri would not have wanted to be kept alive by heroic means, but should he not also need to demonstrate some effort towards her rehabilitation before "pulling the plug." By outward appearances, he has moved on with his life with a fiance and 2 children with his common-law wife. There is an appearance of conflict of interest given his new life and his spending most of the $1 million malpractice settlement, not on Terri's therapy, but on attorney's fees in an attempt to permit her to die. Let's just say something just doesn't smack of a deep level of sincerity. Even if Terri's desires had been to be permitted to die, I believe her husband should have made every conceivable effort to help her recover. Then, and only then, should anything related to "physician-assisted suicide" be debated. I don't think this would have been against Terri's wishes. I also feel the Schindler family would feel better if Terri's husband had made greater efforts toward her rehabilitation. As we stand now, The Senate and The House have approved a bill and the President has signed it. Terri continues to waste away as she goes on 60 hours with no nutrition and no water. We await the Federal courts in Florida as they decide whether the feeding tube should be reinserted. The timer is running. The moral is that we should all decide now how we wish to be treated, in the unlikely and unfortunate event that our family members need to make these decisions in the future. We should all write a Living Will. It's hard to think about uncomfortable issues, but obviously these can be even harder not to think about. By doing this, we can eliminate any undue burden for our children, our spouses, or our parents.