Posts Tagged ‘Morality’
2010, A Life of Faith, Building Community, Living Justly - Thursday, March 25, 2010
Catholic bishops challenge society not to legalise assisted suicide
The New Zealand Catholic bishops’ bioethics agency - The Nathaniel Centre - says that Margaret Page’s decision to end her life by refusing food and fluids raises serious ethical and moral issues, not just legal ones.
Director of The Nathaniel Centre, Fr Michael McCabe, says an important aspect seems to have been overlooked:
“Mrs Page is severely disabled as a result of a cerebral haemorrhage: she is not terminally ill,” he says. Continue…
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