I have to hop in and comment on this situation b/c it really infuriates me. We have so many problems in our country, but our government came to a screeching halt to intervene for ONE person. That is just baffling to me. Folks, Terri will NEVER get better. It just ain't gonna happen.

I have read all sorts of things on this subject from both sides of the argument. My take:

I think Michael loves Terri, but what is he supposed to do? He's tried to be supportive of her and has lost years of his life while doing so. And though I believe he is trying to respect her wishes of not being kept alive in this kind of state, I also think there is a selfish motivation as well. But I do not fault him for being selfish.

As a human being, he has decided he would actually like to try to live his life and have a family and children, etc. His wife esentially died 15 years ago. Is he not allowed to move forward with his life just because Terri's "shell" is still being kept alive by unnatural means? He was in his late 20's/early 30's with his whole life ahead of him. Can you honestly say that you wouldn't do the same thing if you were in his situation?

Rather than being suspicious of his actions, I have tried to look at this from a different perspective: what would I do if the man I loved was in a vegetative state? I'd want him to be able to go to a better place and be with his maker. I would want him to have peace, and I would fight to my last breath to give him that. And I know that any man that I loved that much would NEVER want to emotionally or financially burden me with this type of situation.

What amazes me is that our government steps in to intervene on one severly brain damaged person's right to die, but they continue sending healthy young men overseas to their potential deaths? I think we have lost sight of our underlying "right to life".