Terri Schiavo

In our last class, someone referred to Terri Schiavo, so I checked her on the Internet.

Terri Schiavo, American, was a normal housewife. However, she collapsed in her home suddenly on February 25, 1990 because of brain damage. Her reapiration and heartbeat were stopped, and she became persistent vegetative state (PVS). In 1998, Michael Schiavo, her husband, petitioned the Pinellas County Circuit Court to remove her feeding tube, but Robert and Mary Schindler, her parents, objected to this. The Governor of Florida and President of the United States designed laws to prevent removal of Schiavo's feeding tube, but these laws were regarded as unconstitutional and overturned by the supreme courts of Florida and the United States.

References : Wikipedia

This is matter of Terri Schiavo.
I didn't know this matter until now, but I found that this is just related to our topic. In case of Japan, like this matter may be taken as bigger and more serious problem. Actually, one of the doctors in Wakayama who released the respiratory organs came to be seen as a problem a few days ago. I found that the problems related to life and death are existed closely to us than I had expested.