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Originally posted by Aloha Mr. Learned Hand
Not to start a big political debate here, because I'm not sure I even have a position on this Florida case, but isn't the issue that the woman didn't leave written instructions?
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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
It might have been about that factual dispute at one point or another, but we have things called courts to resolve those. After losing at all trial and appellate levels over five years --- including the U.S. Supreme Court --- Schiavo's parents took it to the Florida legislature instead, where apparently the standard of proof was more favorable. Separation of powers, "forum" shopping. Toe-may-to, to-mah-to.
The PB is turning into the FB, and vice versa. Aye, carumba!
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concur. The only appropriate FB post here might be to speculate whether, a few weeks after the tubes are pulled, the husband might want to again begin feeding his now thinner wife.