Consider a very premature newborn who has been losing sections of his bowel to necrosis, has endured a couple operations to put it back together, he's on a respirator, then he has a bleed on his brain and pneumonia, and his bowel goes bad again - would it be so evil or unreasonable for his parents to resign themselves and hold him as he dies, or should they say cut him open again...
The Church (either R.C. or Christian in general) has NEVER said "life should be preserved at all costs." We do believe in heaven.
That said, these C.of E. bishops should never say anything that might be construed to support active euthanasia. They should be very clear to condemn it, and apparently they haven't.
Mrs VS
Wouldn't it be a false dilemma to say the choice is between extraordinary measures and no measures?
Shouldn't "reasonable measures" be in that list of choices?
I would say that "some measure" should always be taken.