Thanatophoric dysplasia by definition is a lethal, terminal condition.
What Terri had was NOT. Period.
That's the difference.
You keep going back to money. Why?
Terri's parents, with the help of donations had money to care for her. That ends that debate.
You already said that you don't think starving/dehydrating her was right. Then why are you continuing to support that decision and order? It was Wrong. It was barbaric. It was Not euthanasia. It was Not a tragedy.
It Was an Atrocity.
I go back to money because it's what we use as a medium of expressing our priorities.
I'm only trying to express that, you'll always find enough money in a case like Terri's when every news source is on the story.
Most people live outside of the spotlight. People die quietly every single day because the needed procedure/medication/etc. is beyond their means. They die quietly - there is no song composed for them, no midnight votes, no comment from Rush.
As sad as it is, as a society we're making life and death choices every day for people. Let's face up to that, OK?
You may call me a hypocrite or cruel, but I believe we HAVE to make hard decisions. It's too easy to go for the symbol and ignore the hard thinking. As the the big crunch starts in state-funded healthcare continues, we'll be making more and more decision like : "do we save these 7 diabetics from dying slowly with dialysis treatment, or do we spend the money putting a new liver in the guy in bed c-3?
Facing the truth is hard, but I don't see how we remain moral people without addressing it.