Mar 30
My Problem with the Schiavo Case
As the legal battle continues about whether they should reconnect the feeding tube — and at this point, has enough damage not already been done by the lack of nourishment that it would be more humane to let her go? — I have to wonder about these statements I keep hearing:
If she is in a non-responsive vegetative state…
If she can’t feel pain and isn’t aware of any suffering connected with the lack of starvation…
If she isn’t aware of what is happening to her and doesn’t have the cognitive ability to recognize that her wishes are finally being carried out…
How can she be “resting comfortably?” How can she be “at peace?”
Don’t comfort and peace require some level of contentment? Does someone without the ability to feel anything or think for herself have the ability to be content?
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