because he could speak? so if in addition to being a quadraplegic, he had also lost his ability to speak, his wife could have stopped feeding him? is that your claim?
The law is very simple. Feeding can be stopped if qualified doctors testify to a court that the person is in a persistent vegitative state and the spouse wishes it.
The did so, at both trials.
The Judge ruled as he was required to.
That is the law and most Americans like it that way.
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