[ATLian]

Coach,

I'm all for euthanasia, especially if the patient wants it. Terri Schiavo told her husband to remove the feeding tube if she ever ended up in a state like she is in right now.

This case raises another issue - stem cell research. If the Bush government can allow for federal funding of stem cell research, I am sure that it can lead to most of these cases of brain damage being rectified. They need to allow for aborted foetuses to get a meaningful medical use, instead of being trashed in the garbage heaps. This research would give those chaps suffering from dementia and Alzheimers and spinal and nerve damage a legit chance of recovering.