Wow, William,
I am absolutely stunned at the sheer ignorance that has misguided your opinion about this situation. Two key examples:

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the lady has been in a persistent vegetative state for several years.

(Fred) No, she has not. She is not on any kind of life support that is beating her heart, or blowing air into her lungs, or anything of that sort. All of her internal organs are operating normally. Hence, there are no "heroic measures" being taken that are keeping her alive. All that is necessary is for her to eat through a tub because she lacks the capacity to swallow. As Pilgrim pointed out, the gal looks around, responds to her parents and other stimuli and is aware of her surroundings. Moreover, she has not been subjected to those important tests that would determine the true nature of her state to begin with. That is the reason why her parents are fighting for her life. They want to have her evaluated by outside resources.

Her "federalhead husband" did nothing to care for her after she succumbed to this condition and many, many doctors believe she would not be in the worse condition that she is in now if he had taking measures to care for her and get his wife the necessary treatment needful for rehabilitation. Of course, such treatment costs money and time and eats up the normal life of a young husband who is wearied with taking care of an invalid wife.

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Her husband has testified that she did indeed inform him and unless you know otherwise you are simply putting forth conjecture, something else you've been delving in lately. however, character assassination seems to be the way we are headed.

(Fred) Here husband testified to this 3 YEARS after her heart attack that left her in her current condition. If it were her expressed desire to be left to starve and die of thirst, why did he not reveal this immediately after her condition was known?

Finally, I do not think you are considering the horrific nature the conclusion of your opinion will lead. At what point do we determine a person's worth to live if the individual is "braindead" according to your definition? I know autistic children that are in an equivilant state as her's. Why not have the father's play a federalhead role and have them put down? You genuinely want secular courts to determine the worth of our mentally retarded individuals? Rather than squelching the rights of a husband (who only maintains that legality so as to be the "legal guardian" of the woman) what you suggest will lead us down the path to one of those ghoulish SciFi worlds that only values a person's life who can benefit the society. Any "leeches" must be purged.

Let us not foget our Lord's words:

And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD? Exodus 4:11

Fred
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