To Kill or Not to Kill: It All Depends
Nearly two years ago, the European Union voted to ban export to the United States of lethal injection drugs used for the execution of prisoners on death row.
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Mercifully Killing Our Cat
I took my cat to the vet for a checkup. While I waited to be seen, I noticed an elderly couple apparently also waiting. We struck up a conversation.
Imposing Death with Quality Control Standards
We’ve all heard the “quality of life” argument applied to everything from an excuse for abortion to the reason posited to justify assisted suicide or some other form of euthanasia.
Proposing that Society ‘Reduce’ Evil
In March of 1981 Pope John Paul II told his audience during the March 15 Angelus message, “Our prayer during Lent, aims at awakening [consciences],” and making men aware of God’s voice.
WARNING: Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment Can Kill You!
I invite you to read this sermon by Bishop Clemens August Count von Galen delivered exactly seventy-one years and one day ago.
Human Beings Are Never Vegetables. Ever.
By and large, we no longer refer to the profoundly disabled by the nasty term “human weeds” anymore, but that doesn’t mean we’ve stopped treating them as less than human.
To Fear or Not to Fear: A New Obama Appointee
The recess appointment by President Obama of Richard Cordray to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is the most recent point of controversy regarding the style with which the president conducts this nation from his office.
Suicide Prevention or Assisted Suicide?
On October 4, Liberal Party interim leader, Bob Rae, introduced a motion into Canada’s House of Commons to establish a National Suicide Prevention Strategy.
Better Off Dead?
In opposition is broadcaster and columnist Michael Coren and in support is Dr. Gifford-Jones. The main focus of “Do They Deserve to be Born?” is on a set of twins, now six months old, conjoined at the head.
The Bishops and Palliative Care
The statement is probably long overdue, though it’s clear the Church has never condoned direct killing for any reason.
Statement on USCCB’s ‘Physician-Assisted Suicide’
STATEMENT BY JUDIE BROWN ON THE USCCB’S “TO LIVE EACH DAY WITH DIGNITY: A STATEMENT ON PHYSICIAN ASSISTED SUICIDE”
The Ethic of Death Is Not a Work of Fiction
News reports can often be misleading. But recent news from the nursing profession and the consequences of what is being recommended leave no room for doubt. Something has gone terribly awry.