Hmmm. If someone is in prison, then goes on a fast (to protest something perhaps) and he dies of starvation even though food and water were provided, is that murder? I suspect the ACLU would jump on it, yet it's no different than Schivo's case in that legally you have a person (the guardian on behalf of T.S.) making a consious choice to die.
"Hmmm. If someone is in prison, then goes on a fast (to protest something perhaps) and he dies of starvation even though food and water were provided, is that murder? "
Since when is Terri fasting...?
You arent seeing the point, your example is completely different. If a guardian knowingly withdrawls food from their kids that cant fend for themselves and they starve then its murder.
People are allowed to fast (hold food from themselves) but you cannot knowlingly withold the basic needs of life (food and water, not medical treatment) from a person under your care that cant fend for themselves.