[INSENSITIVE GUY]

Did she ever say she wanted to die?I doubt it.Where do they come up with this"right to die"nonsense?A right must be exercised by the person wanting it not by someone else.

[MarMema]

It seems that currently even stating you want to live, once you have a legal guardian, has no meaning in court.
I can provide some examples if you like, or you can read some of the links on my FR page....
The story near the bottom on Michael Martin is one example, as I recall.

[floriduh voter]

It is alleged that Terri said she didn't want to be a burden "like grandma". Well, the Court and husband have strictly interpreted what that means. It's open to interpretation as to the definition of the word "burden."

Of course she's a burden to her husband but she's not a burden to anyone else. They want to take care of her but the family have been treated like they are pests. If a Judge has only that alleged statement to go on and no living will, burden should mean to everyone not solely to the one person who really wants her dead because he's got a live-in, a kid and another on the way.

It doesn't even matter that she's conscious. It's all speculative and if Jeb Bush doesn't intervene with a special session, his political career may not go any further in 2006. Then when Hitlery becomes President, we'll wonder what went wrong.