Christina Symanski, Paralyzed Artist, Starved Herself To Death (VIDEO)

Euthanasia is illegal because people forget who owns the body- it is the person in the body, not the state, friends, or family. It is the person suffering. And being forced to starve to death because no one was compassionate enough to give her a bottle of something pleasant and deadly is a crime.

That's why a murder is considered a crime against the state, not the person. Hence "The State of New York Versus Joe Blow for first degree murder"

From her blog is this letter by her sister:

http://lifeparalyzed.blogspot.com/

excerpt:

She was on medication for depression and anxiety for years.

and they also are pissed off by some of the news articles out there and have asked that one in particular be disregarded but that other article sheds a LOT of light on why this young woman may have been driven to this decision over and above the reality of being paralyzed so it appears to me the family is trying to do damage control for their part in tormenting this girl:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2101334/Christina-Symanski-24-starved-death-paralysed-boyfriend-on.html

excerpt:

On her blog, she described how her father and step-mother bombarded her with guilt after the accident that left her paralysed from the neck down, telling her how much they had to deal with now she was reliant on them.

They cut off her contact with friends, read her journals to throw back titbits back in her face and berated her for drinking alcohol on the night of the accident, she wrote.

I have to wonder how differently things would have turned out if she had gotten the emotional therapy, occupational therapy and all-important support from her family in those very important days and weeks initially following her accident.

It sounds like her "loving family" was neither loving NOR a family. So sad.