A prominent American Jesuit argues that “don’t remove the feeding tube” is merely the opinion of an extremist faction in the Vatican, and not the doctrine of the Church. He claims that Florida’s bishops are on his side.
Moreover, he makes the obvious argument that Christians, of all people, should not regard death as something to be avoided at all costs:
Here’s the question I ask of these right-to-lifers, including Vatican bishops: as we enter into Holy Week and we proclaim that death is not triumphant and that with the power of resurrection and the glory of Easter we have the triumph of Christ over death, what are they talking about by presenting death as an unmitigated evil?