So you prefer the husband or doctor to have the sole right to pull the feeeding tube without any interference by the courts?
Last thing I or most Americans want is the Congress interfering in my decision or the decision of a loved one to die just to satisfy someone elses religious beliefs. If you really fear someone pulling the plug on you, sign up somone you trust implicitly to have legal power of attorney to make that decision for you. Dont enforce your decision on those of us who feel an unconscious life is a waste and would rather move on to the next life.
Can you show me where this disabled woman who was not terminally ill or brain dead but rather disabled similar to a mentally retarded person had ever stated in writing she wanted this inhumane treatment?
It's not there, all we have is the word of slimy husband who has contradicted himself every step of the way.
That makes pulling the plug on her murder in my book Dave, and you're in a fantasy world if you think only "religious" people are making these claims.
Look, if you want someone to kill you if you are ever disabled to the point where you cannot talk, put it in a living will and have it witnessed, signed, and notarized.
One of the appalling aspects of the Terri Schindler case was that there was NOT any such legal document, and the law (in the form of Judge Greer) presumed that the default action in such a situation should be to kill. This is a grotesque departure on what the law has been since the founding of our country.