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Philosophically, I do not believe it is the right of any human to take the life of any other human. Who is Michael Shiavo or the courts to say she should be allowed to die when the possibility of keeping her alive exists with a rather simple solution.
That said, I would never want to be kept alive in a vegetative state. If I don't have the capability to process complex thought, which is what makes a human a human, then I wouldn't want to continue existance for the sole sake of existing; that seems pointless.
The fact in this case is that it IS possible to keep her alive, it IS possible she is feeling emotion and it IS possible SOMETHING might be discovered or happen to allow her greater interaction with the world. She never spoke of or wrote of a wish to die if in a vegetative state. Therefore, she has not given her declaration of intent in her current state, so we can NOT allow her to die.
It all comes down to the almighty dollar. If her family/insurance or someone else is paying for it, let her live. Sad, but that's the way it works.
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