The Right To Die
The Right to Die
America, land of opportunities, liberties, and rights galore! In America, each individual is an autocrat of their personal constitutional freedom, and can become a warrior to defend it if it's necessary. But, what if you can't protect your given liberties because of life's manipulation of your fate? Imagine. You're still healthy and relatively young when all of the sudden life plays an unexpected trick on your health and BAM, you become a vegetable! Who will ensure then to protect your personal rights and welfare? Have you ever realized that your Achilles heel in personal freedom lies within that one inevitable step in life? If you guess its DEATH, you're a very wise person because you know that in this country, the right to die isn't exactly well-established yet.
The recent landmark Supreme Court Case of persistent vegetative: Terri Shiavo, has embodied this reality. Theresa Marie Schiavo entered a persistent vegetative state in 1990 after adopting an "iced tea diet" that caused irreversible brain damage. Neurological tests indicated that her cerebral cortex was principally liquid. Many "evil" allegations were leveled against her husband Michael Schiavo, but if you set them aside, it's easy to see what you're left with in this painful worldwide known case. You're left with a woman who suffered a heart attack 15 years ago, and whose body only continued to be sustained by a feeding tube, surgically inserted into her stomach. Michael loved his wife very much and was devastated with her health status, opposite to popular opinion. "Following Terri's heart attack, he decided to live with his in-laws providing care and therapy for years, until he later came to confirm Terri would never recover" (Sommer, Schiavo's spouse Explains side, Tells of Struggle). Doctors hired by Terri's husband and the courts as well, agreed that the deterioration of Terri's brain left her without thoughts or feelings, irreversible damage, and...
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