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Religious Bioethics

Terri Schiavo has caused many to ask the questions:

1. If someone is brain dead should they be fed through a tube?
2. When is it 'ok' to pull the tube?

SCHIAVO CASE DIVIDES RELIGIOUS BIOETHICISTS

The Terri Schiavo case has sharply divided bioethicists from both secular and religious traditions over what they say is the key ethical dilemma: Should artificial nutrition be considered food or medicine?
Ref. https://deseretnews.com/dn/view/1%2C1249%2C...21296%2C00.html

Bioethics Religious

After pouring through numerous articles from papers around the world both religious, scientific, and secular, I have changed my opinion on this issue completely. I believe in a person right to die. Terry Shiavo had already signed a paper stating that she wanted to pull the plug if she was in a persistent vegatative state. She was legally brain dead with less than a point 0001 percent chance of coming out of her state. That is over one one-thousandths of a chance. She was gone and never going to come back. Her husband waited a long time for her to come out of it and finally let go. If she is brain dead, then she doesn't know she is hungry or starving or anything at all. I think that if they don't want to be kept alive if they are brain dead, then no, you shouldn't feed them through a tube. And it is ok to pull the plug when it is evident that the person is not going to come back. To keep them alive when they are in that state is a selfishly motivated cause.