But that’s still simply you asserting that. Again looking to the coma victims who aren’t thinking – do they lose personhood during their coma and regain it upon returning to more measurable brain activity?
I’m reminded of the case of Carrie Coons, a woman from New York who was diagnosed as persistently vegetative, so much so that her family had petitioned the court for permission to remove the feeding tube. Evidently relying on the Shot From Guns Guide to Life, the courts agreed. But before the order could be carried out, she woke up and began talking.
Here’s a list of other purported cases with similar circumstances.
ETA:
Except when the doctors declare it an end?
So when is it actually an end, and not a suspension?
(This is cross-posted to avoid a continuing hijack)
I am saying that when a woman is pregnant, there are two patients’ interests which should be considered in any medical decision.