It seems that I misunderstood your post about your friend and the nursing home. I read it as being a general statement about the elderly, AIDS patients, and nursing homes; that is, a comment on a general trend rather than on the situation in one particular facility. My mistake, and I beg your pardon.
This is not a right to die issue (and no evidence existed that this is what Terri wanted). Supporters of Terri included pro-choice groups, Wiccans, liberals and conservatives (e.g. Gloria Allred), etc.
One readily available source on many of the facts is "Silent Witness" by Mark Fuhrman.