This week on “Jesuitical,” Ashley and Sebastian speak to Charles Camosy, author of ‘Living and Dying Well: A Catholic Plan for Resisting Physician-Assisted Killing.’
Euthanasia
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In ‘La Grazia,’ an Italian president faces a moral test on euthanasia
Paolo Sorrentino is only the most recent director to wade into the thorny topic of euthanasia.
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NY bishops ‘extraordinarily troubled’ by Gov. Hochul’s decision to legalize assisted suicide
The New York bishops called on Catholics and all New Yorkers to “reject physician-assisted suicide for themselves, their loved ones, and those in their care.”
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Assisted suicide now legal in Illinois despite opposition from bishops, disability advocates
Assisted dying has been legalized in many nations across the Western world, as choosing how to end one’s life has come to be seen by many as the final frontier of individual rights.
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‘A dark day’: New York Senate passes assisted suicide law
The New York Senate has voted to legalize medically assisted suicide, a move that one Catholic bioethicist told OSV News marked “a dark day” for the state’s residents.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
The rise of legalized euthanasia in Spain
“Just don’t open the door. They can’t enter without a court order,” Ms. Castellanos recalled her advice to Maricarmen. “If she had opened the door that day her daughter would be dead.”
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
The False Compassion behind the U.K.’s Assisted Suicide Law
A proposed assisted-suicide law in Britain does not serve compassion. Instead it presents an illusion of final autonomy.
Posted inPolitics & Society, The Weekly Dispatch
In England and Wales, a bill to legalize assisted suicide faces Catholic opposition
U.K. faith leaders oppose the assisted dying bill: “We believe that a truly compassionate response to the end of life lies in the provision of high-quality palliative care services to all who need them.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
I am a Catholic member of the U.K. Labour Party. Assisted suicide is not the answer.
Since launching a campaign within the Labour Party against legalized suicide, I’ve been met with the refrain, “Your only allies are the Tories.”
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Euthanasia bill in France may be ‘the marker of the end of a society influenced by Christianity,’ Jesuit expert says
French deputies began debating a highly permissive “end of life” bill on May 27, despite strong opposition from Catholic bishops and concerns about undermining palliative care.