Terri Schiavo Dies, but the Debate Lives On

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PINELLAS PARK, Fla. - With her husband and parents feuding to the bitter end and beyond, Terri Schiavo died Thursday, 13 days after her feeding tube was removed in a wrenching right-to-die dispute that engulfed the courts, Capitol Hill and the White House and divided the country.

Cradled by her husband, Schiavo, 41, died a "calm, peaceful and gentle death" at about 9 a.m., a stuffed animal under her arm, flowers arranged around her hospice room, said George Felos, Michael Schiavo's attorney.

No one from her side of the family was with her at the moment of her death. Her parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, were not at the hospice, Felos said. And her brother had been barred from the room at Michael Schiavo's request moments before the end came.

The death of the severely brain-damaged woman brought to a close what was easily the longest, most bitter — and most heavily litigated — right-to-die dispute in U.S. history.

"Mr. Schiavo's overriding concern here was to provide for Terri a peaceful death with dignity," said Felos, who also was present at the death.

But the Rev. Frank Pavone, one of the Schindlers' spiritual advisers, called her death "a killing," adding: "And for that we not only grieve that Terri has passed but we grieve that our nation has allowed such an atrocity as this and we pray that it will never happen again."
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Its very terrible the way she died,i was totally against that idea of letting her die in that way or in any other way,her name will be remembered in history,with her death it has opened a new debate about euthanasia...
May she R.I.P...
 
Don't think it is euthanasia - the doctors said she was already dead.
Interestingly, the catholic church, which not so long ago had major problems with prolonging life by artificial means, now demands it.
 
Kinda tough question, But i think that an INDIVIDUAL must have the right to die in such wretched conditions. But not others to decide for him.
I suppose that after say 21 years people must be asked to fill some form about what they want to do if god forbid something like this happens to them.
Hardly practical but i for one won't wanna live like that but neither would i want others o decide for me whether i should live or not.
 
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