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No. Do you think that people with PVS and massive strokes, etc., in Florida or elsewhere were just allowed to live indefinitely on feeding tubes?

I'd love the know the number of families that took elderly parents off feeding tubes in nursing homes in Florida alone. It would be an eye opening number that would astound Freepers.

And for those who don't like it, work to change the laws.

So what exactly was Florida HB2131 and SB 2228? And what compelled the Florida House of Representatives Committee on Elder Affairs and Long Term Care Analysis, in April, 1999, to recommend that the word terminal be deleted and the life-prolonging procedures be amended to include "artificially provided sustenance and hydration." Link

While I have not checked the law in every state, I repeatedly read that there isn't a uniform law regarding feeding tubes. As for me, I'm fine with the law in Florida as I have read it. I'm simply unconvinced by the evidentiary record I have seen regarding her wishes to have her life terminated. And I'm curious why some tests haven't been done as a final objective part of the record.