[STARWISE]

"these sorts of cases," in the vast majority of them, are terminally ill patients -- dying of cancer, ALS, and other life-threatening/ending illnesses. Terminally ill patients typically do not experience pain when their feeding tubes are removed, as the body naturally goes into a different mode, and typically rejects nourishment.

Terri Schiavo was NOT terminally ill ..all she required for sustenance was nutrients and water. Terri Schiavo was sentenced to her terminal illness: the most shocking and reprehensible 13-day torture of agonizing death by starvation and dehydration I've ever observed. This despicable chapter will not be forgotten. Millions of us have deeply pierced hearts at the barbaric obscenity of the suffering and the court-sanctioned murder wrought in the last two weeks. God help us all.

[TAdams8591]

"Terri Schiavo was NOT terminally ill ..all she required for sustenance was nutrients and water. Terri Schiavo was sentenced to her terminal illness: the most shocking and reprehensible 13-day torture of agonizing death by starvation and dehydration I've ever observed. This despicable chapter will not be forgotten. Millions of us have deeply pierced hearts at the barbaric obscenity of the suffering and the court-sanctioned murder wrought in the last two weeks. God help us all"

Well put and fully agreed.