I'm very uncomfortable with that idea. However, my discomfort at such a law is tiny compared with my discomfort at the idea that those helpless to speak for themselves can be murdered legally in this country. That's a practice suited to totalitarian regimes and savage barbarian societies.
This long, drawn out battle between Schiavo and the Schindlers is a case study in judicial breakdown. Some weakness in the process has been exploited:
When something as obvious as the right to l can be threatened on the basis of hearsay, and with complete and deliberate magisterial ignorance of medical reports like this one, which might give a CLUE as to how Terri ended up in her sorry plight. Multiple fractures, anyone?
USSC Amendment 14
Section. 1.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.