What "evidence" ? You mean because Schiavo and HIS brother and HIS sister-in-law said, uh...we think she said something like that...uh... maybe 15 years ago, while we were watching a movie -- but don't ask what movie it was, we don't remember!
You mean, THAT'S evidence???
I don't think so.
The courts are often grievously wrong. Witness Roe v. Wade.
And witness the Florida courts in the 2000 election. We very nearly had to get a legislative remedy there.
So no, I don't fear an occasional legislative remedy to abuses of the courts. It's constitutional!
It also means that from this time forth citizens will be at the mercy of ANY family member who might disagree with their confided medical choices.
I believe you're wrong. The bill as I understand it limits the circumstances under which a family member may object to situations where (a) the patient has no written record of his/her wishes and (b) the patient is unable to speak for him/herself.
It will require that people in Florida hence forth need to pay lawyers to prepare living wills to protect their rights when it comes to medical choices.
This is not a serious objection, as you recognize yourself. There are forms you can download from the internet, or copy from a library book for 15 cents a page and get notarized for free at your bank. If such forms, like wills, are not considered legally valid, then we can lobby our legislatures to make them so.