I wouldn't say they should apologize to Schiavo for being assholes, but they were certainly fighting the wrong front. While they were claiming that she could recover, they should have just sit him down and said "Look, she's our daughter. We want her around. Fuck off and we'll take responsibility for her." While Schiavo had a legal right to make the decision, I think that ethically, he could have done a lot better. And her parents may seem stupid for being so persistent, but come in, it's their daughter.
You are right apologizing is probably a bit much. I also agree with you on the whole sitting Schiavo down thing, but I do seem to remember that Schiavo did everything known to science to try and help Terri, including a radical procedure involving the implantation of electrodes into her brain in an attempt to stimulate cell growth. ( See here for source) Having exausted all the options medical science had to offer and with almost zero chance of recovery from her condition, Michael decided to pull the plug on Terri
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They did say that, that's all they wanted from the start. They even offered Mike Schiavo over a million dollars to let them keep her. The fight was never about whether she would recover, that was just a tactic, the fight was about right to die.
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