And the courts in this case did so without appointing an ad litem attorney to represent the interest of the individual, relying instead on a husband who has been shacking up with some other bimbo while his wife is in this condition and has refused to allow any rehabilitative therapy after winning a huge financial judgment in the case that was based on the costs of therapy she would require.
If one set of doctors, paid for by the husband who has a financial and personal stake in ending her life, say she is in a vegetative state while another set of doctors insists she is NOT in a vegetative state, then she should certainly get the benefit of the doubt rather than being summarily starved to death.
A Court appointed Doctor who was impartial to either side examined her, performed CAT scans etc. and found her to be in a persistent vegetative state that was irreversible.
Actually there had been an Ad Litem, But The Husband, and Judge Greer didnt like what he said (keep her alive) and so Greer ignored and dismised him.
"Terry's Bill" allows the governor to act if a patient is in a vegetative state.
The governor must think that Terry is a vegetative state, otherwise he cannot invoke "Terry's Bill" to intervene.
Therefore, it seems that 20 judges, including the Florida Supreme Court and the US Supreme Court, plus the governor have accepted that Terry is in vegetative state.