You know what? You pinned the thing in one sentence. I just spent too much time reading Felos' petition to the FSC from a couple of years ago, asking for a motion to stay Judge Quesada's order to replace Terri's tube. Felos is diabolically clever. He isn't interested in Terri Schindler, the human being. To him, PVS is just a convenient diagnosis to underpin his case, which is: Terri's "right-to-refuse" medical treatment (right-to-die) is being violated by the feeding tube. She would never want to "live like this" because Schiavo said so. This is the clear and convincing evidence needed to end a life? Hearsay testimony?
I read somewhere the strength of a people can be measured by how they treat the vulnerable and weak among them. If this court sanctioned murder of Terri Schindler really goes through, then what sort of people are we?