None of us knows the answer to your questions. We are/have been totally frustrated by the unreasonableness of the whole thing. There is no sense to it whatsoever - unless there is something more going on than we are aware of. All I know for sure is that I am witnessing a type of cruelty I never knew existed, except in history books. It is unbelievable.
If we were to ask the presiding judge who ruled to pull the feeding tube, how would he complete this sentence, do you think?
" I authorized pulling out the feeding tube because________"