Nat on Terri

Nat Hentoff writes on the Terri Schindler Schiavo case at WaTi today:

.... Mr. Bush was already in favor of Mrs. Schiavo's right to stay alive, emphasizing that "it is only the lack of food and water that will cause her death," and that she "is not comatose."

However, an array of lawyers, doctors, bioethicists and — to my dismay — the American Civil Liberties Union support her husband's right to end her life.

Harvard University's eminent professor of constitutional law, Laurence Tribe, told the New York Times that he disagrees with the interference of Florida's legislature and governor. By not supporting Mr. Schiavo's testimony stating that he knows what Mrs. Schiavo would have wanted, they "fundamentally violate her right to bodily integrity," according to Mr. Tribe, as well as the separation of powers in our government that gives the judiciary the final say over the legislature. Other lawyers disagree.

I do not have a law degree, but I would have thought that the ultimate violation of anyone's bodily integrity is to starve a person to death....

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Mon. 11/03/03 09:31:57 AM
Categorized as Terri Schindler Schiavo.