States should give legal status to "living wills",allowing individuals to demand that they not be kept alive artificiall

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States should give legal status to "living wills",allowing individuals to demand that they not be kept alive artificially.

州应该给予“生存遗嘱”以合法地位(使其合法化),允许个人可以请求不在他们变成植物人之后继续使延续他们的生命.
这里的states是不是指国家?