I cannot fathom why it is illegal to allow Terri to be given a glass of water. If she cannot drink it, it won't matter anyway. If she can drink it, she is not being kept alive by artifical means. If she truly wanted to die, she would refuse the water, so what are they afraid of? That if she accepts the water, it means that she does not want to die and they are killing her anyway? They should be afraid--for their souls.
Because Terri simply must die. She is the sacrifical lamb, the test case, for the scientology, hemlock society death cult to get us all used to the idea of dying when we no longer have anything to contribute physically to society.