Sure it did. If Terri was not cremated, you know for a fact she'd have been disinterred by now for "one more final, definitive, and conclusive autopsy to lay to rest the speculation ... blah blah blah."
You don't remember the calls for "one more swallow test" and "one more CAT scan" and "let's do a PET scan"?
"Didn't you find it interesting that instead of just concentrating on this man's recovery that a comment had to be added but.... Why?"
Why? You know why. Because when I started to read this article, the first thing that popped up in my mind was, "How is this different than Terri?" If you're honest, you'll say the same.
The author simply answered the question without being asked.