Have you ever stood at the bedside of someone when the doctors told you there was no hope? Someone hooked up to machines or feeding tubes?
As we get older, sadly, most of us have. All too often. And this kind of situation has been handled between families and doctors for longer than either of us has been alive.
I've yet to meet someone who says they wish to be kept alive by machines or tubes. And every single time I've stood next to such an unfortunate patient, someone has nudged me and said "don't let that happen to me."
So it doesn't really matter what I think. It matters that several judges and courts heard the evidence and decided it was valid. And since most everyone any of us has evern known has felt the same way, it rang true to them.
doctor's have said the opposite - that 9 out of 10 who previously had a living will - when actually in that situation - change their minds.
Life is precious -even when not perfect
I think Chris Reeves would refute that statement, he fought every day to live in a way which I'm pretty sure he would have said he didn't want before his accident?
What say you?