Recently here in America, there was a medical case where a pregnant woman, due to complications, became brain dead. She lived via life support in a hospital as doctors were concerned about her baby. The woman’s parents wanted the doctors to take her off of live support as they didn’t want their daughter to live as a vegetable. Eventually, a judgment was made in the courts to end life support. Her parents consented.

Here in the U.S., if there is a patient living by a machine, whether they have money to pay or not, there has to be legal consent by a guardian and/or court to terminate support.