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"But the more I learn the more determined I am to act."

YES!

So glad you understood the 'Florida thing' wasn't directed at you or your post.

The law regarding hydration/nutrition via feeding tube was enacted in '98 or '99. IIRC, Felos had some input as an 'end of life' expert. The detail is somewhere in the Terri threads. The first effort to kill Terri was in 2000, so attention has been on Florida since then.

The forces that are driving this are achieving their political goals as well as their obvious goal. Terri (and for that matter MRS) is nothing more than a tool to them.

If, as I fear, they are successful, this horrible event must not be forgotten. I have not read 'Men in Black' yet, but seems a place to start.

Here is a great example of what they will do if you don't act:

Wesley J. Smith, from his article Dehydration Nation

The worst of these cases of which I am aware is the tragic dehydration of Marjorie Nighbert. Marjorie was a successful businesswoman until a stroke left her disabled. She was unable to swallow safely, but not terminally ill. She was moved from Alabama to a nursing home in Florida where she would receive rehabilitation to help her relearn how to chew and swallow without danger of aspiration. A feeding tube was inserted to ensure that she was properly nourished during her recovery.

Marjorie had once told her brother Maynard that she didn’t want a feeding tube if she were terminally ill. Despite the fact that she was not dying, Maynard believed that she had meant that she would rather die by dehydration than live the rest of her life using a feeding tube. Accordingly, he ordered all of Marjorie’s nourishment stopped.

As she was slowly dehydrating to death, Marjorie began to beg the staff for food and water. Distraught nurses and staff members, not knowing what else to do, surreptitiously snuck her small amounts. One staffer—who was later fired for the deed—blew the whistle, leading to a hurried court investigation and a temporary restraining order requiring that Marjorie receive nourishment.

Circuit Court Judge Jere Tolton appointed attorney William F. Stone to represent Marjorie and gave him twenty-four hours to determine whether she was competent to rescind the general power of attorney she had given to Maynard before her stroke. After the rushed investigation, Stone was forced to report that Marjorie was not competent at that time. (She had, after all, been intentionally malnourished for several weeks.) Stone particularly noted that he had been unable to determine whether she had been competent at the time the dehydration commenced.

With Stone’s report in hand, Judge Tolton ruled that the dehydration should be completed! Before an appalled Stone could appeal, Marjorie died on April 6, 1995.

http://www.humanlifereview.com/2003_fall/article_2003_fall_smith.php

(first time I read this, I thought maybe she died before the restarted...but on a second read, I bet she died from the continuation of the dehydration.)