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As far as the Schiavo thing goes, I completely disagree with what Congress did last night. I do agree with Bush’s quote: “It is always better to err on the side of life.” I think most of the Congressmen who voted for the bill last night agreed with President Bush as well, but they went about their lawmaking in the wrong way.
The way I see it, the legal problem here was one of guardianship, not of stopping the court system from working. The court system was enforcing a valid law: the doctors and the legal guardian of Ms. Schiavo agreed to pull the plug. Nothing should stop that from happening.
What should happen is some entity needs to step in and alter the guardianship situation. There is some minor evidence of possible abuse against Terri by her husband. This abuse could possibly have brought about the injury that placed her in her current state. While this evidence would certainly not hold up in a criminal case, should it not be grounds for a transfer of custodianship or at least a dual custodianship? It seems to me the way to “err on the side of life” is to make sure the proper guardian is in place.
This way that Congress is taking seems like cheating the system to me.