Please see
http://www.thedavidallenshow.com/topics/terrishiavo/20050228.somethingsfishy/20050228.lawschange
I think there was even a court order about feeding her by tube, although I am not certain, but this change to the law in 1999 is crucial. The noise to change it started in 1997. It does include "hydration." As a matter of fact, using dehydration, lack of food and administration of morphine to hasten death is what is now used. See http://home.earthlink.net/~joyinlife/.
There's bunches of these links all over kingdom come now, so you can search for yourself. Even some bioethicists think/thought Terri and her ilk are/were non-person(s).
I really don't want to talk about this anymore. I will point you to http://www.lifenews.com/bio186.html
'Happy' searching.
We need to work to get it changed back.
BTW, love your tagline.