I think the problem here is that it isn't an end of life issue...she is not dying. I don't have the answer here but this is different say than someone dying of cancer or AIDS. She could live 50 more years perhaps... mg

It is an end of life issue. Terri communicated to her husband that should she ever be in the condition she is in now, she would not want her life to be prolonged. That is, she would want her life to end. So the question is whether or not Terri Schiavo has the right to make that determination for herself. That is an "end of life issue".