Schiavo's parents want Bush to "Do something"

With all due respect, Mr. and Mrs. Schindler... that ain't and shouldn't happen.

"Governor Bush, you have the power to save my daughter," Mary Schindler said.
"Please, please do something."

Schiavo's father was more forceful.

"[Bush] has put Terri through a week of hell and our family through a week of hell by not acting," Bob Schindler said. "He has to come up to the plate." (CNN.com)

I won't even go into the Dying-With-Dignity vs. Life-By-Any-Way debate. But President Bush would be severely abusing his executive command by involving in their private lives. Cruel? Tell that to the parents of the baby Sun Hudson, who was taken off life support according to a law in Texas, which George W. Bush signed as Governor.

Wanda Hudson unsuccessfully fought to continue her son's medical care. She believed he needed time to grow and could eventually be weaned off the
ventilator.

"I wanted life for my son," Hudson said Tuesday. "The hospital gave up on him too soon."

Texas law allows hospitals to end life support in cases such as this but requires that families be given 10 days to find another facility to care for the patient. No hospital was found to take the baby.

Theresa Schiavo's parents are asking the president to disregard all other patients, including Sun Hudson, to make an exception for their daughter. If Terri dies before the court ordeal is over, may she rest in peace... Every parent wants life for their child. But demanding the president, CONGRESS, and multiple sectors of the judicial system to overlook their constitutional power is unreasonable. They're not asking that congress discuss right-to-die cases. They KNOW that it will never pass. Yet, fully knowing others that may or could be in the same situation, they want it for their daughter.

I offer the Schindler and Schiavo families my condolences. I also wish Terri the best, but not through manipulation of public government. I don't think Terri or anyone else would have wanted that. And in the end, it's only about Terri.