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February 15, 2005

Life is precious

I am pro-life. From the beginning of life until the end. I am against the death penalty, especially for completely innocent people, like Terri Shiavo. Terri is not brain dead. She can breathe on her own. She needs to be fed intravenously, though, so her husband wants her put out of her misery.

Terri never signed a living will, and if she had, few living wills have instructions to stop feeding or giving water to someone.

I suspect that the same people who want Terri to die would have also wanted Helen Keller killed - I mean, really, what kind of life can a deaf, dumb and blind person have, they probably think.

The thing is - if you believe in God, life is a precious gift.
If you don't believe in God - life is precious because it is all we have.

Terri's life is her own. Her husband should not take it away from her - he has his own life now - he has two children by his girlfriend. He should divorce Terri and let her parents care for her, as they want to.

I am amazed that the same people who don't want the government 'in the bedroom' are willing to allow the government (judges) decide who lives or dies.

Posted by Beth at February 15, 2005 08:40 PM