DISQUS

You're correct that this is important case. The implications are significant in that this will become the case upon which future disputes of a similar nature are decided. The scariest thing is that Terry Schiavo will continue to live if she gets food, water & basic care. This is dissimilar to a situation with a person on life support, where a machine is breathing for the person. This is a living person (admittedly with poor quality of life) who just needs basic care. Also she seems to have family members willing to provide the care. There is a line between keeping someone alive artificially and killing someone because we think that there quality of life is poor. Clearly the US has crossed that line now. Who gets to choose who dies next?