Chris Matthews was positively giddy on IMUS tdoay. "See I told you", he said, "the Schiavo autopsy proved it was all a huge publicity stunt on the part of Republicans".
Say what Willis?
Who in the world didn't think Terri was brain-damaged? I thought the issue hinged on whether a life is worthless if it's not productive, and whether we have the authority to take another's life. Not whether it was reversible. From Not Dead Yet after the autopsy:
The autopsy also documented significant brain atrophy, and the medical panel called the damage "irreversible."
This is not the same as saying she had no cognitive ability.
"It's always seemed to us that PVS isn't really a diagnosis; it's a value judgment masquerading as a diagnosis," said Stephen Drake, research analyst for Not Dead Yet, a national disability rights group that filed three amicus briefs in the case. "When it comes to the hard science, no qualified pathologist went on the record saying she couldn't think or couldn't experience her own death through dehydration."...
"The core issues remain the same. Protection of the life and dignity of people under guardianship, and a high standard of proof in removing food and water from a person who can not express their own wishes."
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