IMHO, which is just that and may change at any point in the future..
The plug should have been pulled when her husband told the doctors treating her of her wishes, despite her parents wishes.
Lets not forget, this guy is now legally married to another woman, has footed the bill for her time in hospital and, is pretty much up the creek without a paddle no matter what happens to her.
I do also beleive the media has played a lot in the issue of congress taking up the case, this should have been, but never was, a private case between the family, the state shouldnt have intervened (sp?).
That being said, i honestly dont know what *I* would do if i were in the same position, on one hand, letting someone die peacefully would, to me, be the moral thing to do.
If i were the person in question, id be sure to have the plug pulled, i wouldnt want to be fed through a tube, even if i could swallow on my own purely for the fact that i would want my family to get on with their lives.
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