Modification of Geneva Conventions

[Rupert Pupkin]

Genuine Risk said, "In the end, I think it was the right decision, legally. Her husband was her legal guardian, and he was the one with the legal right to decide what her wishes would have been. But, regardless, it sure serves as a warning to all of us to get our own wishes about our care in such situations down on paper, doesn't it?"[/quote]


That was another thing that I found so disturbing. Why should her husband, who has a new girlfriend, be the legal guardian? Some of Terry's friends claimed that she and her husband were possibly on their way to either separation or maybe even divorce. Then she has this mysterious accident and he gets a sizable amount of money which is supposed to go towards her medical bills. Her husband had a financial interest to pull the plug on her. If he pulled the plug, then he could keep the money instead of the money going towards her medical bills. I don't know if he still had a financial stake at the end because I think most of the money was gone at that point.

In addition, none of her family or friends believed the husband's story that Terry claimed she would want to die if she was ever in a state like that. Terry's husband had originally said that they had never talked about the subject and then a year later he suddenly claimed that he remembered that they had talked about it. Who would possibly believe that?

Anyway, she had a family that was willing to take care of. In that case, I don't think that the husband, who happened to have a girlfriend, should be making the decision.