[Msoto]

There was a similar case that happened in texas, recently, and they decided in that situation to pull the plug.

I am not saying the plug should be pulled every time, but I believe that those resources for maintaining a vegetative state could be used elsewhere. Why do life prisoners receive food and work...because in their own cycle of life within the prison they are productive. Even her own husband..who we can argue knew her quite well felt and insisted that its better for the family to move on...rather than maintain the vegetative state.

It is my perception that people who can think can maintain their own bodily functions. Even people suffering dementia, unless they have catatonic schizophrenia they are able to think either coherently or incoherently. It is this ability to think that they have that makes it worthwhile caring for them. Thats my two cents