[expatguy]

Despite what you may hear on the MSM, not one single person that I know here in Southeast Asia thinks this is right.

It is a crime against humanity.

[JimSEA]

Same here! Our friends cannot understand why, since the parents want to help, there is even the slightest question. Following a stroke, my wife's Aunt is being cared for by her family and is at home with a feeding tube. She is minimumly responsive but there was never a question. Everyone is hopeful. There are many hospitals and situations where even this level of care is not available but, that is another question entirely.

[dufekin]

Well, that's really good. Maybe the Southeast Asians should take this case to the United Nations to promulgate a treaty. Our Courts would listen to the United Nations, even if they should defy the Congress and play word games with the Constitution. Don't worry; the Courts have ruled that even unratified treaties still bind the interpretation of the Constitution. Our President's sole influence upon the Court comes through his prominent influence over foreign legal traditions, for the Courts have decreed so.

And the answer to your questions: In the United States, we do not have human rights; our government exists to secure the certain inalienable rights with which our Creator endowed all persons. But a "person" and a "human" are not the same; a "person" is a legal construction, and any Judge can declare a genetic human to be not a person by fiat. Such decrees are irrevocable.

The Courts have used this tactic against Dred Scott (1857), Norma McCorvey's baby (1973), and Terri Schiavo (1998). Yes, we just have a problem with judicial tyrants.

I PERSONALLY RECOMMEND TRIAL BY JURY IN ALL CASES WHEREIN NO ECONOMIC VALUE IS IN CONTROVERSY. We need to extend jury trials, jury nullification, executive clemency, and other rights to suits at common law.