[syriacus]

"Perhaps for the first time in American history," commented Alliance Defense Fund attorney Michael Johnson, "we have a court ordering essentially the murder of an innocent person."

Not true. People have already been starved by order of a judge.

Terri's case is the tip of the iceberg. We live in a world where people already can be euthanized against their will if someone else calls the shots about their care.

Author Wesley J. Smith cites the case of

Marjorie Nighbert, not terminally ill, who was admitted to a Florida nursing home following a stroke. Her feeding tube was removed on instructions from her brother. As she began to feel the effects of dehydration and hunger she begged, "Please feed me . . . I’m hungry, I’m thirsty." Nursing staff secretly slipped her small amounts of food and water. The case was eventually reviewed by a judge, who ordered the process continued. She died in April, 1995.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

"Perhaps for the first time in American history," commented Alliance Defense Fund attorney Michael Johnson, "we have a court ordering essentially the murder of an innocent person."

Not true. People have already been starved by order of a judge.

This may be the first time so many people were made aware that courts can order you starved to death, and how few protections you have from it once the court rules.
Marjourie's story is outrageous. Marjorie had made it clear once upon a time she didn't want to be kept alive, if incapacitated, but once it started, the pain of dehydrationb made her beg for food and water (she was still able to speak and not in a PVS). A lawyer got an injunction, but because he could not honestly admit that thirst crazed Marjorie was in her right mind when she asked to be fed and watered, the judge ruled that they WOULD go through the dehydration. From what I understand, she died naturally before they did this a second time.