[philman_36]

I believe the statements she made were in reference to her grandmother, who was connected to life support systems in the intensive care ward.
A life support system is quite a bit more than just a feeding tube, isn't it.
At Grandma's funeral, she made an even more detailed statement about her wish not to be connected to machines, and her desire to have that wish in her "will."
Having a feeding tube isn't "connected to machines". It takes a real leap of logic to conclude that one is the same as the other.

You see, my stepfather was on a feeding tube for several years, after a stroke and the total paralysis of the left side of his body, until his eventual death. I would no more have wanted to see his feeding tube pulled than I want to see this happen to Terri.
If we would've pulled Daddy's feeding tube, simply because he couldn't feed himself, we would have been murdering him. Color me biased, but it all just doesn't make sense to me.

[Tarantulas]

Under Florida law, the feeding tube is considered to be the same kind of extraordinary life support as a ventilator or a breathing tube. In New York and Missouri, it's not, so her tube couldn't be taken out if she were in those states.