Blog #4: What involvement should US government (state and federal) have in a case like Terri Schiavo's.

In my opinion, the Terri Schiavo should not even set foot on Capitol Hill. I believe personal issues such as this one should be settled accordingly between the family members. If they cannot come to a conclusion themselves then maybe take it to some sort of a court. The thought of the U.S. government controlling the choice of whether a person in a vegetative state is allowed to live or die is just not right. They should have no say at all in it. When it was voted that she should be allowed to remove the tube that should not have been the main reason it was carried out. Obviously at some point the government may have to step in and settle the families differences (and obviously there were some big differences) but the government can not have all the say. I think the Terri Schiavo case was for the most part carried out in a fair way. It is important to make sure that these type of decisions are not in the government's hands.