Suppose someone makes the wish that they not be kept on a feeding tube in a PVS. Is that a choice you will allow people to make for themselves?
Is suicide a decision you think people should be able to make for themselves?
The lesson learned in this saga...they better put it in writing or at least tell someone else (e.g., her doctor, her parents) other than the cheating husband.
Is that a choice you will allow people to make for themselves?
I am probably closer to this situation than you realize. My dad made this decision and discussed it with the whole family. Based on the diagnosis from the doctor, and quality of life issues, we respected his wishes. Terri's declaration of her wishes was only hearsay by a cheating husband, (made 7 years after she supposedly said it), who had something to gain from her death.
I also must add that it is not the peaceful death they described it as being, I have never recovered from spending 24/7 by his bedside until he died.