Even the most marked mercy should leave at least some room for the person to live if the Lord so opts that the supportive measures suffice. At the same time, very much so there is always “a time to die.” Where the line is in those dark hallways is a question visited by cases like this and like Terri Schiavo’s. I don’t think we’d ever want to purposely starve or suffocate someone guilty of nothing worse than being ill.
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, the second and third presidents of the United States, respectively, died on July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary, to the day, of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.
I say, the deeply spiritual human mind understands “a time to die” and will make it so without any other human expediting that time. Those who think they can "help" that time must be sent to prison for a long time and will be damned to H3II for an eternity.
But that's just my two cents.