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I’m Running for the Right… by RFTR on Fri Apr 01, 2005 at 09:01:55 AM PST [ Parent ] Right (4.00 / 3) If you never start it, you don’t have to stop it. But once you start a feeding tube, you can’t remove it without bearing the responsibility. It’s my understanding that you CAN remove cardiac support systems when there is no chance of recovery, but withholding food and water isn’t the same thing. Most people don’t have a machine breathing for them or forcing their heart to beat. But EVERYBODY has to eat/drink. by mmacdDE on Fri Apr 01, 2005 at 10:29:43 AM PST [ Parent ] To clarify: (none / 0) You’re not obligated to use “extraordinary means.” The actual Catholic position is that feeding tubes are extraordinary means. The Pope only recently made a few bizarre and contradictory statements about this. Because his comments did not even demonstrate awareness of the contradiction, it is possible that he has been increasingly under the influence of right-wingers like Raitzinger, head of the
