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Prosecute or Absolve?
By Judie Brown In Matthew 9:12-13 Jesus set the tone for His mercy, which is coveted by anyone who understands the meaning of offending God. When the Pharisees saw Christ dining with tax collectors and sinners and asked why He was doing so, Christ said, “Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do. Go and learn the meaning of the words, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’” This...
Arguments Against Euthanasia
Some Arguments Against Voluntary Active Euthanasia Germain Grisez and Joseph M. Boyle, Jr., authors of Life and Death with Liberty and Justice (University of Notre Dame Press, 1979, pp. 149-170), offered the following objections to legalizing voluntary active...
Ordinary vs. Extraordinary Care
Discussion of the following cases is concerned only with whether or not the decisions are legal or illegal and not with their moral implications. Determine whether the cases involve ordinary care or extraordinary care, and whether the decisions given would be legal or...
Good Catholics Cannot Be Pro-Choice
God’s law in the Old Testament is clear and unambiguous: You shall not kill. Jesus is even more demanding: Every one who is angry is liable to judgment.
The Disabled and Disability Organizations
1996: NOT DEAD YET (NDY) was founded. It is a national grassroots disability rights organization opposing the legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia. After Jack Kevorkian assisted the suicides of two women with non-terminal disabilities, NDY made news by...
Strategy and Analysis of Strategic Concepts
Strategy Since the euthanasia movement’s goal is to legalize active, voluntary and, in some cases, involuntary euthanasia, what has to be legalized is what cannot be legalized! That is, we cannot legalize the killing of people who are innocent of unjust...
The Schiavo Case and Death by Dehydration
On March 31, 2005 Terri Schindler-Schiavo died of dehydration in a Florida hospice. Heroic efforts to save her life failed to halt Judge George Greer’s cruel order that Terri be denied all food and water until dead. Are you familiar with this case? In 1990, Terri...