SRS, I'm not sure that calling it "Jewish cultural baggage" is quite accurate; there are a lot of different people that relate to being Jewish in many different ways than Sol's.

My wife and I, one a cultural but non-religious Jew and one a former Christian, both have living wills in hope neither of us will be put through the hell that the Sciavo's have experienced, and both of our plans include refusing both "life-extending" medication and nourishment if the end is inevitable and the path to it is slow and painful. I also believe that active euthenasia should be available in such cases, and I trust my wife to make that kind of decision for me if I am unable to do so.