Oh, okay. You're talking about Marjorie Nighbert as discussed in the Hugh Finn thread. I think there's more to that story than is written in those articles that were posted in that thread. It sounds like a completely horrible situation, where the lady was asking for food and water even though she had written specific orders that no one should give her any. They don't say much about the specific circumstances of her illness though, so it's hard to make a decision. The judge said she wasn't competent to ask for food and water. They don't explain why he said that. I'll bet there's more to that story that they're not telling - because if they did, it wouldn't be as interesting.
But if that's all there is to the story and the woman was actually competent and not terminal, then I don't agree with the action.
Even if she were terminal, the notion that someone could be deemed under any circumstances to be incompetant to request food and water is frightening.