This case stands for the proposition that there is no protection in the law, for incapacitated people. The meaning of words changes over time. Men's hearts have been hardend. Life is no longer viewed, by the law, as a sacred gift.
...True, but only as the laws are currently written. The only way Terri's and her family's fight will not be in vain is if we use what we've learned to better protect the disabled citizen in the future.