The new law the House just passed makes Living Wills almost useless as they will have to describe exactly what your condition will havbe to be for them to apply. A living will will be thousands of pages long to cover every eventuality.
That is why I am angry. The new law will screw up thousands of lives to try to maybe save one life that did nothing to try to save itself when it could by getting a Living Will or a decent husband.
SO9
How incredibly irrational.If we take your logic to its conclusion the first act of any newborn should be to have a living will drafted. In case of a fall on the head or abusive shaking for example. The baby's desire to be or no be put to death if incapacitated should be made clear right away. Except,then you come full circle because who should really draft the living will of an infant...the parent...but what if the parent caused the condition,IE the fall or shaking.If I'm not mistaken, in cases of suspected child abuse the state takes over the care of the infant.
So in this case,where there is a possibility of spousal abuse,(mother calims that husband tried to suffocate Terri,there is a bone scan that suggest blunt trauma to her head)the state should take over the care of Terri Schiavo.
Just a question,in your brave little world of living wills,what is the minimum age that would allow one to bewriting a binding living will...5(school age)7(age at which a child can testify) 14(age at which a child can procure an abortion without parental consent),16(driving age)18(voting age),21(drinking age)?