Assisted suicide

Ireland’s bishops warn assisted suicide puts ‘vulnerable’ people at risk
- Feb 13, 2021
Ireland’s bishops say proposed “Dying with Dignity” legislation would “not only encourage the acceptance of assisted suicide but significantly weaken the protections against the non-consensual killing of particularly vulnerable classes of persons.”

By Charles Collins
Portuguese bishops criticize euthanasia legislation that awaits approval
- Feb 2, 2021
Bishops in Portugal criticized legislation that would allow euthanasia and assisted suicide and said their “sadness and indignation” were compounded “by a form of death being legalized during the great aggravation of a deadly pandemic, when we are all striving to save the greatest number of lives.”

By Catholic News Service
Canadian bishops seek to stop expansion of legally assisted suicide
- Dec 22, 2020
Canada’s Catholic bishops said it is “not too late to reconsider” and stop the expansion of legally assisted suicide in Canada.

By Brian Dryden

Canadian bishops say expanding euthanasia is ‘morally pernicious’
- Nov 13, 2020
A proposal to loosen regulations on euthanasia in Canada is “deeply flawed, unjust, and morally pernicious,” according to the nation’s bishops.

By John Lavenburg

Speaker: Legalizing assisted suicide allows state to decide who lives, who dies
- Nov 7, 2020
Currently, seven states and the District of Columbia allow assisted suicide — a physician-aided agreement to end a patient’s life based solely on the patient qualifying for death under state law — determined to be terminally ill or otherwise incapacitated in the state’s view.

By Maurice Beaulieu
New Zealand on ‘dangerous path’ with legalized euthanasia, ethicist says
- Oct 30, 2020
New Zealand’s decision to legalize euthanasia puts the country on a “dangerous path” and brings “a new and unwelcome dynamic” into the lives of those facing terminal illnesses, according to says the ethics expert for the country’s Catholic bishops.

By Charles Collins
Canadian faith leaders sign letter opposing expansion of assisted suicide
- Oct 21, 2020
The Catholic Church has joined with religious leaders from all faiths and creeds across the country to denounce the federal government’s plan to make it easier to get medically assisted suicide in Canada.

By Brian Dryden
Proposed assisted suicide law in Ireland has few safeguards, critics say
- Sep 17, 2020
A proposal to legalize medically assisted suicide in the Republic of Ireland goes further than other such laws in Europe, pro-life activists are warning.

By Charles Collins