Hospice Blog has a good post on the”Will to Live” document which is being promoted by the “National Right to Life Committee” as an alternative to living wills. The document is essentially an advance directive that demands the most aggressive treatment possible in all cases. It has apparently been getting big play in conservative Catholic circles, although its tenets go beyond official Catholic teachings; it is also causing some concern among hospice providers. Close examination demonstrates it is not merely “pro-life” but bizarrely extremist, misleading, and deliberately manipulative.

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