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It was in 2005.

The more I think about it, I think it was about Grandma Mae, another FORCED euthanasia attempt.

Here's the background:

In her living will, Mae Magouirk stated that fluids and nourishment were to be withheld only if she were either comatose or "vegetative," and she is neither. Nor is she terminally ill, which is generally a requirement for admission to a hospice. snippet from: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43688

Granddaughter denies
feeding tube to grandma
81-year-old not terminally ill,
comatose, nor in vegetative state
Posted: April 7, 2005
By Sarah Foster
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com
In a situation recalling the recent death of Terri Schiavo in Florida, an 81-year-old widow, denied nourishment and fluids for nearly two weeks, is clinging to life in a hospice in LaGrange, Ga., while her immediate family fights desperately to save her life before she dies of starvation and dehydration.

Mae Magouirk was not terminally ill, comatose nor in a "vegetative state," when Hospice-LaGrange accepted her as a patient about two weeks ago upon the request of her granddaughter, Beth Gaddy, 36, an elementary school teacher.

There's another guy in the UK fighting for his right to have food and fluids if he becomes incapacitated because the MD's there have been given full right to take it away from people even against their written wishes. I know that is what we are moving to here in the US.

Leslie Burke wants to live; the National Health Service has a second opinion

"Burke’s lawsuit is important to the future of medical ethics; it is substantially different than the Terri Schiavo case. Schiavo was dehydrated to death—a bitter and profound injustice—because Judge George W. Greer ruled both that Terri was in a persistent vegetative state and (based on statements she allegedly made during casual conversations some 20 years ago) that she would not want to live under such circumstances. In other words, Terri Schiavo lost her life in order to safeguard her personal autonomy, though she never made the actual decision to die."

"But Burke, who is fully competent, worries that his wishes will be ignored precisely because he wants food and water even if he becomes totally paralyzed. Receiving food and water when it is wanted certainly seems the least each of us should be able to expect. But, it turns out, whether Burke lives or dies by dehydration may not be up to him. According to National Health Service treatment guidelines, doctors, rather than patients or their families, have the final say about providing or withholding care."