What people have to understand is that this is no big deal, killing Terri. The legal and medical professions are honestly baffled that this is a big deal, because they have seen this go on for the last 20 years or so.
It is routine to dehydrate people and has been for some time now. Just ask around in your personal and professional circles, as I did. I already posted about the aide I work with who told me about removal of the feeding tube for her grandmother many years ago. She is a nice person! She said, well she had dementia and she kept pulling it out, so we said leave it out. She did not see anything wrong with it.
The roots of public acceptance are in place even now.
This thread is getting too long. Please advise.
And you may recall that Canada is way, way gone as a country for euthanasia. Support for assisted suicide is well over the 50th percentile there.
"Sobsey noted that since 1994, Canada has had an epidemic of parents killing their own children. While the nation enjoys its lowest homicide rate in 30 years, it is experiencing the highest filicide rate in history."
"Currently, in Canada, 80 per cent of murdered children are killed by one or both of their own parents. In the U.S. the equivalent figure is about 55 per cent."
"Today he has learned children with disabilities are about three times as likely as other children to be victims of maltreatment. Sobsey is researching 1,130 homicides of disabled people over recent years, most of which are committed by either parents or caregivers."
From the ashes of Germany, Canada arises.