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Conscientious objection in assisted suicide cases under threat in Ontario
- Catholic News Agency, Global Church
- August 18, 2017
More than 630 people have killed themselves in Ontario under legal assisted suicide, but not at Catholic hospitals. In Ontario, the law requires hospitals, hospices and long-term care centers that will not take part in assisted suicide to transfer the patient to a facility that will.
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Dutch cardinal: Bishops warned of euthanasia’s slippery slope
- Catholic News Service, Global Church
- August 2, 2017
The Netherlands became the world’s first country to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide in 2002 and has since witnessed a rapid increase in related deaths, with 20 now occurring daily, according to a May report by the Regional Euthanasia Commission. A new assisted suicide bill, introduced in 2016, would allow healthy people suffering nonmedical conditions such as “loneliness, bereavement, limited mobility and decline from old age” to be helped to die by a nonprofessional “assistant-in-suicide.”
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A doctor prescribed a procedure, but insurance offered death
- Catholic News Agency, Church in the US
- June 25, 2017
Some states in the U.S. have legalized assisted suicide. The opponents of the law argue that there is no way to ensure that this system won’t be abused. One of the abuses seems to be coming from insurance companies which won’t pay for regular medical care when they can pay for the much cheaper option of assisted suicide.
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Vatican launches Belgium euthanasia investigation
- Catholic News Service, Global Church
- May 6, 2017
The Vatican is formally investigating a group of psychiatric care centers in Belgium run by a Catholic religious order which has enforced that doctors in the facilities perform euthanasia. Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, will be overseeing the situation himself.
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Belgian priests push back on euthanasia directive for Catholic hospitals
- Catholic News Agency, Global Church
- May 3, 2017
The Brothers of Charity in Belgium are pushing back against a directive issued by their board to start performing euthanasia in their facilities. The brothers, who run 15 psychiatric hospitals with 5,000 patients, have called this decision unacceptable and “against our charism of the charity.”
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Ontario bishops share concerns with pope, focus on euthanasia
- Catholic News Service, Vatican
- April 27, 2017
During the ‘ad limina’ visit to the Vatican Canadian bishops had an opportunity to meet with the pope in a private and informal setting, discussing main issues and ideas. The bishops shared their concern on the euthanasia legislation in their country and praised the pope for his joke telling skills.
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