Didn't see that in the article. If true, then I am certainly opposed to that.
You should have every right to VOLUNTARILY support anyone else's care whom you wish to support, and I will honor and respect you for doing so -- so long as you're not stealing other people's money to do it.
In December 2007, Hockenberry developed aspiration pneumonia. Hockenberrys guardians--appointed as his legal guardians in 2002 by a trial court--tried to decline his required ventilator treatment to assist his breathing, but the hospital proceeded despite their objection. After three weeks on the mechanical ventilator, he recovered from pneumonia and no longer required the treatment.Hockenberrys guardians filed a petition with a trial court in January 2008 that would allow them to end his care if a similar situation were to arise in the future.
They weren't petitioning the court to end their involvement in his care. They were petitioning to end his care.
Is money more important to you than a life?
Is it really more important for you to keep your money than to save a life?