Most people will agree with the view you posted. The problem is there has been dispute about whether or not Terry Schiavo is actually brain dead. I had been avoiding following this issue since I work as a medical transcription and come across cases similar to these often, particularly excruciating are ones that involve children. Because of your post and the recent yirmumah strip about the case, I decided to find out more about it than I know from the sound bites I get from the TV when I don't have a TIVO'd show going. This is a pretty good source of information here:

http://www.footballfansfortruth.us/archives/000872.html

I got the above link from Mark Evanier's fine blog. The linked article breaks down the facts of the case as they now stand rather well.