Terri Schiavo

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

What the parents are contesting is not only the possibility that Terri's situation may improve, but also the possibility that Terri never told her husband she wanted to be disconnected from life support if she was in a vegetative state. The husband supposedly wants to pocket money he got in a malpractice suit that is contingent upon her never returning from her vegetative state. Moreover, the husband cannot marry his girlfriend of over one decade until Terri is dead. So, the parents say the husband is lying to get money and married. Whether their allegations are true is subject to endless debate.

As for the court ruling on "moral issues," I think for one the Court should rule on moral issues. It does so every single day - whether its immoral to sentence to death minors or the mentally retarded, etc. Moreover, it's not just about moral issues; it's about who has the right to tell doctors to severe the life support for another person. That's a pretty serious issue.