The above does not refer to respiration though, does it? This addition defines eating and drinking as a spontaneous vital function.
The law was changed to INCLUDE artificially provided sustenance and hydration within the definition of Life-prolonging procedure, with lobbying by Felos, after Terri collapsed.
Ouch. So all the FL lawmakers who are trying to save Terri gave MS the ability to have her killed in the first place? Actually, they didn't try to save her, did they. If so, Greer is carrying out the explicit will of the legislature by killing Terri. Why have we not heard this in the press?
I think that is an unfair cahracterization. The role of the court is to determine Terri's wishes. They could take into account the state of the law when she collapsed, and whatever other evidence was available. Absent clear and convincing evidence that she would deny life sustaining feeding, the court is ethically bound to rule in favor of life.
As for the press, they can't even communicate the notion that the issue is Terri's wishes. They compose all the polls and frame all the articles as a "who should choose" question, when the law is so clear on the point (the patient decides) that it couldn't be more clear. The media is a tool for manipulation of public opinion. It is emphatically not a tool aimed at illuminating the truth.