(RNS) — The very concept of “persistent vegetative state” is, first of all, deeply offensive. No living, breathing human being is a vegetable, regardless of how disabled they are. Second, the concept ...

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A 2-year-old boy is at Children's Medical Center in what prosecutors call a permanent vegetative state. Investigators said the boy's mother's boyfriend is responsible for his injuries. Police in ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican, ruling on a debate that has divided Catholic hospitals, said on Friday it was wrong to stop administering food and water to patients in a vegetative state even if ...