The right to life used to be recognized without need of a lawyer, documents and a public relations campaign. Just because someone hasn’t hired a lawyer and filled out documents stating they don’t wish to be tortured to death, doesn’t mean they do.
When the minority view became the default, the rights of the majority were cast aside.
tortured to death
Emotional appeals don't exactly help your argument - they're more liberal claptrap. Taking somebody off mechanical life support is not "tortured to death." Words mean things, after all.
When the minority view became the default, the rights of the majority were cast aside.
That might not be the best argument you could make - I think you'll find that wanting the choice to be taken off a respirator is the majority view.
Besides, shouldn't the default be that the family makes medical decisions? If the state's call (either way) is the default, that's wrong.