I just stopped crying again. That poor poor woman. How she must have been screaming out in her head for something to drink.
One can see a Judge ordering a feeding being withdrawed, but in this case he also ordered that NO BODY was to attempt to feed her orally either. It was murder.
Stop torturing yourself. You don't know this.
In fact you don't know that she wasn't crying out for 15 years to be released from the terrible existence she was trapped in.
People write living wills all the time to make sure they are not sustained by such medical measures.
We can debate forever if it's right or wrong, but under the law we have the right to chose.
They denied her food and water and used morphine to keep her from screaming in pain. Such good doctors. So much for the Hippocratic Oath: "I will apply dietetic measures for the benefit of the sick according to my ability and judgment; I will keep them from harm and injustice."