When Marge fell ill the nursing home followed the order written on the document and denied her food and water for two weeks. But then something unexpected happened: Marge asked to be fed. A court battle ensued. The court gave permit to the nursing home to slaughter Marge by starvation and dehydration. The judge said that Marge was no longer legally competent to ask for food. The slaughter was permitted: the judge ruled that giving Marge the food she asked for would constitute "extraordinary means" of keeping her alive, and this would violate the contract Marge, herself, had written up prior.And, that prior assent to the contract -- the durable power of attorney -- was made when she was fully comptent the court ruled .
On what basis did the court consider her competent earlier and not later? Because earlier she had agreed to die, and later she decided to live.
In modern case law today, competency is presumptive for a death-wish and incompetency is presumptive against any expression claiming to desire life.
The law is the law. We must honor judges and the law.
I guess changing your mind about whether you want to live or die is AGAINST THE LAW, now.
I guess when you are starved to death it is not all roses like felos the vampire promises us it is...I guess ya DO GET HUNGRY, not to mention THRISTY!
This grandchild is another perverted monster.
In America...we FEED THE HUNGRY! Or, we used to.
The moral of the storty: DO NOT SIGN A LIVING WILL cuz ya just might change your mind when hungry.
"The law is the law. We must honor judges and the law."
That's how some folks think, unfortunately. Guess they never heard of the Civil war, slavery and women not being allowed to vote.