Reply #7: I agree with you [View All]

[alarimer]

I think it is up to the people involved. Everyone shoud make it clear to their loved ones (preferably in a legally binding document) what their wishes are. That does not absolutely guarantee they will be carried out but at least it will hopefully prevent another situation like Terry Schiavo's. I am absolutely horrified, however, that a hospital in Texas was allowed to euthanize a baby against his parents wishes. And here I thought Texas was supposed to be pro-life. That is the slippery slope I worry about, when the government or an institution decides people get to live or get treatment based on the ability to pay. That is eugenics, nothing more. And it outrages me. Not that the little kid had much chance at life; he was probably doomed. But the parents get to make that decision, not anyone else.