Am I the only one who remembers the case of Karen Ann Quinlan?

[JimmyJazz]

http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/research/blanchard/www/465/textbook/otherprojects/2003/group1/mdeschamps/Karen%20Quinlan.html

[NYC]

1. I had forgottlen about her.

Thanks.

[Karenina]

2. Nope. That was 10 years

We're talking 15 here... :SIGH: :shrug:

[hlthe2b]

3. No, I remember. But, it does seem that many have forgotten.

[shakerbaker]

4. I remember

that was in the day people didn't interfere in others lives. And the news media actually covered it accordingly.

[cynatnite]

5. I was a kid at the time

I remember my grandmother saying she didn't want to be kept alive like that and my grandfather agreeing and telling her he didn't want it either.

That's the most I remember, though...oh, and I think they made a movie about her, too.

[LiberalFighter]

20. Too bad they don't show that movie now

[H2O Man]

6. I remember.

Thank you for raising an important historical part of the current debate.

[JimmyJazz]

9. You are welcome. I don't know what triggered the memory, but

I do remember when this case was in the news.

[H2O Man]

21. I hadn't thought

about that case in many years.

[Cha]

7. I sure remember her name but

not the specifics. Sounds like her Parents wanted her to have dignity in death.

[bigwillq]

8. Thanks Jimmy Jazz

for bringing this to my attention.
I was too young! to remember this case.

[JimmyJazz]

13. I think I was in High School - the similarities are striking, though.

Again, I don't know why I suddenly made the connection, but I did - thanks to you and your questions.

[bigwillq]

17. I am no longer afraid!

So I'm going to ask my question.
BRB!

[Cleita]

10. I almost did a post on it today, but there are some

differences. However, the government interference in what should be a medical decision between doctors and family is the same.

[NewInNewJ.]

11. I think I remember

Did she not supposedly take Valium and alcohol at the same time. Was on life support for very long time until her parents had mercy on her?

[Cleita]

22. Her parents wanted the respirator removed when

it was determined that she wouldn't get better, but they had to go to court to get an order to do so and that took years. She did live for years after without the respirator although she was kept hydrated. Her parents were able to move her to a nursing home then though until she died. She never regained consciousness.

[proud2BlibKansan]

12. Yes I remember

and she lived after the respirator was removed - for several years if I remember right.

[JimmyJazz]

15. You remember right, She lived for several years afterward.

[Walt Starr]

14. That's why I support allowing the court's orders to be carried out

unfortunately, I might have to leave the Deocratic Party because the assholes in the Democratic PArty are more interested in support DeLay's position that thee state owns all of us and decides when we can live and when we can die.

[Pithlet]

16. I remember

Someone else posted about that case awhile ago, when the Schiavo debate first heated up. Imagine what the coverage would have been like today? IIRC, the right to lifers were heated up then, too.

[JimmyJazz]

18. What do you remember?

I think it was the first case of it's kind - pitting modern technology against what nature would have decided.

[Pithlet]

19. I was only a kid when it happened.

I remember our teacher talking about it in class, and reading an article about it. I also remember when someone else linked to it here mentioning the opposition to removing her breathing tube.

[blogbear]

23. Shows just how much..

some things haven't changed..

[TahitiNut]

24. Read about Nancy Cruzan, too (Cruzan v. Missouri)

http://www.answers.com/topic/nancy-cruzan

It's even closer to the Schiavo case.