I know I'll get flamed for this, but here goes: I am very pro-life and am also a nurse. I don't know what e3mil.com represents, but I do know that spin can come from the right as well as the left, and this sounds like spinning to me. I really can't imagine Catholic nuns being starved to death, there's obviously more to the story that is not being included. I would bet my house that they were probably dying of a terminal illness and were simply not being force-fed by a tube or given IV fluids while they died.
Actually, we now know that, opposite previous thought, being in a state of dehydration during death is actually a blessing; it dries up lung secretions so that breathing is not so labored, and it decreases the discomfort of getting off and on a bedpan or into a bathroom during the last hours of life when mobility is poor and also anxiety about incontinence is lessened.
At any rate, this article makes a claim I just can't swallow. I need a lot more information before I would believe this as it's written.
One last comment, I have never been placed into a situation I have felt uncomfortable with at work. I currently work at a Catholic hospital, but even before at other jobs, no one forced me to participate in cares I did not want to. My religious views have always been respected.
As you said, plus it usually means the person is ketotic which is thought to reduce the perception of pain and suffering.