Terri swallowed all the time. But the judge decided that giving her anything by mouth, even after the tube was pulled, would be "experimental" and a "medical examination."
If you do not believe that God gave us medical progress to prolong life, why on earth does it exist?
Can you give me something beyond your "belief" that Terri has not capable of living for the 15 years that she was tube-fed? It's obvious that she was able, because she did live.
What you do not believe is that a body should be *aided* in living if the person cannot feed himself or herself.
I believe that God gives us *choice.*
We can choose medical intervention, or not choose the intervention.
We can choose medical intervention for a time, and then refuse, as choice.
The data I have read regarding the brain and its function supports what I have stated. Terri Schiavo was capable of living because she was fed artificially by a feeding tube.
Why is it wrong to let someone go to their Creator when their body function to receive nutrition no longer functions as God intended?