The Solomon connection is nonsense. What possible comparison can there be between a baby with its whole life ahead of it and a woman with (as far as we can tell) nothing to look forward to?

Michael Schiavo did the right thing, respecting his wife's wishes, despite being put through 15 years of suffering by her (apparently) perverse parents.

Let it hereby be known to all that I do not wish to end my life as an artificially-sustained ex-human.

My position was that the parents and siblings should have made the decision on Terri Schiavo's life, especially in a situation where the legal husband had a common-law wife and children during Sschiavo's vegetative state. Its a question of who should make the decision on life and death, not what is the right decision. There was no right or wrong decision here.

If Terri Schiavo could have made a decision, would she not have divorced him under these circumstances? Which person would maintain a marriage where the other spouse has been living with another woman for 15 years and raised a family by her. His behavior was not fair to Terri Schiavo and more so to his common-law wife and children of more than a decade. The wishes of the parents should have prevailed although their judgements may be more emotional than rational. George C. Thomas

Didi – maybe you can produce some reason for overthrowing both the “contact” and “sanctity” of marriage – because that is what you are suggesting, to go along with your proposal.

You cannot transfer “authority” to siblings or parents and ignore the fact that Terri Schiavo was married to her husband. You cannot ignore the fact that she entered that marriage voluntarily and could have exited it likewise – but did not.

Your "precident" of parental authority overruling a spousal rights could technically authorise the parent of a party to marriage to decide how many grandchildren they will have. Suggesting siblings should decide is to suggest those siblings should decide where nephews and nieces will live, regardless of the wishes of the actual parents.

Your proposal is both fluffy and dangerous – it is fluffy because it is based on "subjective emotion" instead of "objective thought" and dangerous for the same reason.