A woman has been in a coma for 13 years. Technically, and only technically, she is alive. Her heart hasn't beat on its own for 10 years. Why isn't this a no-brainer? Her limbo state is holding her family in limbo. She needs to be legally dead.
Of course declaring her dead is complicated by legal machinations, just as her life is sustained by medical machinations. But this woman is only technically a person. She is less capable of being a family member than a pet lizard. It is therefore not surprising that her parents and her husband are fighting. Who could bear dealing with this kind of heartache for over a decade?
There is no way that any politics in this matter cannot be shameful. Elected officials have no business in this. Neither do we, really.
What kills me about this is the idea of family coming to watch her once a month for several hours while she blinks at them. How completely awful. This represents to me a psychological failure of scary dimensions. Death with dignity isn't even possible here. It's already been ruined by the fact that people were able to accept the state she's been in as 'life'.
This is sad, disgusting and politically despicable, and I hope I never have to think about it again. It's none of our business.
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