[af_vet_rr]

And when the legal guardian and the permanent counsel disagree about the proper course of action for the incapacitated person, what then?

If your a liberal, you get the federal government to step in. It was no coincidence that policitians discussed coming up with new powers for the government to intervene at such a personal level, nor was it a coincidence the Reverend Jackson was there...

Regardless of everything, hopefully this has been a heads up to everybody to get their wills in order, or if they have children to young to create a will, to make sure they know what would happen if they faced similar circumstances.

As medical science has made it possible for people to survive using various machines, the chances of this happening elsewhere go up.

Here in Texas, while everybody was concerned with Terri Schiavo in Florida, a six-month-old child was disconnected from life support, against the wishes of the mother.

[general_re]

Well, why not? Why do it piecemeal, one case at a time? Let's just federalize all probate matters and be done with it. Surely Congress doesn't want to treat my wife any differently than Michael Schiavo's wife, right?