"When is that bitch going to die?"

Oh, That Liberal Media:

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The article (in the LA Times) does quote one ethicist who has problems with the case:

Adrienne Asch, a bioethics professor at Wellesley College in Massachusetts, suggested there are "real problems in this case" and echoed concerns of many social conservative leaders that "a spouse is no longer the best decision maker."

But the article makes Adrienne Asch look like a lunatic, because it does not even hint at the facts that might cause someone to say that there are "real problems in this case" or that Michael Schiavo "is no longer the best decision maker." Anyone with a superficial knowledge of this controversy -- and that means most people -- will read this article and say: "What the hell does she mean the spouse isn't the best decisionmaker? Nobody better say that about my spouse!"

But Michael Schiavo isn't just any spouse. He has numerous conflicts of an emotional and financial nature. I don't need to go over these again here. I have done it extensively many times, including on other occasions (such as this one) where the L.A. Times has failed to tell its readers about both sides of this controversy. For me, it's all summed up in his statement about Terri, overheard by Registered Nurse Carla Iyer: "When is that bitch going to die?"

That statement has never appeared in the L.A. Times, and it never will. The paper has a consistent history of telling readers only one side of this story. All I can say is: they're doing it again.


The husband is now living with another women and has fathered two children with her. It is pretty clear that he has more than Terri's "wishes" as reasons why he wants her to die. What is not clear is why he want agree to a divorce and let Terri's parents take over responsibility for her.

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