The Louisville Courier-Journal reports today:
The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled yesterday that a relative or guardian may decide to end life support for someone who is permanently unconscious — even if that person hasn't expressed his wishes through a living will or other means.Here is the Lexington Herald-Leader coverage. Neither paper gives the name of the case, and the Kentucky Supreme Court has not yet posted it. Posted by Marcia Oddi at August 27, 2004 11:53 AMThe ruling upholds a 1994 law giving certain people the power to make such decisions for others. It is the first ruling on the issue by the state's high court since it upheld the right of a comatose woman to die in 1993.