BykrBayb, the Florida courts disagree with you.
From today's decision by the Second District Court of Appeal:
The trial court's decision does not give Mrs. Schiavo's legal guardian the option of leaving the life-prolonging procedures in place. No matter who her guardian is, the guardian is required to obey the court order because the court, and not the guardian, has determined the decision that Mrs. Schiavo herself would make.The legal process utilized by the trial court in this case is not new. Long before Mrs. Schiavo suffered her heart attack in February 1990, the Supreme Court of Florida had already determined that the express right of privacy in article I, section 23, of the Florida Constitution gave both competent and incompetent persons the right to forego life-prolonging procedures
What does that have to do with the price of potatoes in China? The fact remains, at the time that Terri is alleged to have made her statement, Florida Law recognized food and water (regardless of method administered) to be basic human needs that could not be withdrawn from anyone capable of utilizing it.