McGrath, I don't really have any personal emotional investment in whether or not Ms. Schiavo is allowed to die myself, although it looks to me like the people here in the Mudcat who seem to be the most emotionally invested in this issue on the side of the husband have all gone through similar experiences themselves.

For me, I am concerned with the gradual stipping away of our rights that is and has been happening here in this country over the last few years. To the extent that this issue concerns me, it is because I do not want the government interfering in my right to make end of life decisions for myself. And this case surely does set many dangerous precedents for the stripping way of individual rights by the government.