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"I'm absolutely terrified as to what this will mean for us. The bar to having the plug pulled is substantially lowered. Suppose, for instance, someone had a stroke and couldn't speak. A relative who overheard that person saying they didn't want to live under these circumstances, is enough to have that person's life support - even if it is just food and water, taken away.

Regards, Ivan"

And yet on NPR this morning the "ethics" board from some hospital in NYC was bellyaching that the law passed by Congress on the weekend would somehow keep them from making these life-and-death decisions within the "privacy" of the family and ethics board's recommendations.

This is what the new media is giving us: it is shining the light of truth and justice on a world we previously did not know of or understand. And the god-doctors and god-lawyers don't like it. They want to be the gods of our lives.

This needs to go back to the initial day 15 years ago and an investigation of the activities of that evening and her medical condition investigated. If a crime was committed it needs to be investigated.