[Sabatier]

This bears repeating. Terri is not going to die because they have removed her feeding tube and are "allowing" her to die.

She will die because no one will be allowed to feed her. If you did that to an infant or a paraplegic it would be murder.
This is certainly a court-ordered death. It is not clear that it is what Terri wants. It is clear that it is what her husband wants.

Many of us would prefer to live in a society that in such cases gave the benefit of the doubt to life rather than to death. It is always fearsome when convenience hides behind mercy, human nature being what it is.

[NYer]

She will die because no one will be allowed to feed her. If you did that to an infant or a paraplegic it would be murder.

Several weeks ago, a dog was found alive in NJ, its muzzle taped shut with duct tape. According to NJ.com

"CARNEYS POINT TWP. -- The dog was left to die, but in the cruelest way possible: Its muzzle and nose were taped shut by strip after strip of black duct tape so it could not eat, breathe or drink.

"It was so horrible, you just can't believe it," said Bill Hanby, animal and cruelty investigator for the Lower Alloways Creek Township Police Department. "This is the worst cruelty case I've seen in my life (and) I've been doing this about 10 years."

"That dog had a painful death," Hanby said. "That's why we want to find this person who did it."

How ironic that starving a dog is "the worst cruelty case", while starving a human is "huane".