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Euthanasia
Political : Euthanasia

Monday May 12, 2008
Dying with real dignity By Joseph Campbell
Suppose you're suffering terribly with terminal cancer and you allow your doctor to administer a powerful narcotic that kills you. Is this euthanasia? Not necessarily...
Issue: March 2001 | Online: Mar 25, 2001, 16:53

The euthanasia debate in Canada By Peter Ryan
Let us turn to the Canadian debate over legalized euthanasia in recent years. I will review highlights of this debate since the Sue Rodriguez case which began in 1992 and which brought the issue so prominently before the public. I will only briefly allude to the most recent developments...
Issue: September 1999 | Online: Sep 25, 2000, 16:55

Legalizing euthanasia By L. Holland
The Dutch government announced on July 5, 1999, that it had given legal recognition to same-sex "marriage", a move vigorously criticized by the Vatican, who called it "an insult to reason". The recognition includs adoption of children, and provision for the birth of their "own" children with the assistance of a third party (lifesite, July 5)...
Issue: September 1999 | Online: Sep 1, 2000, 16:59

Euthanasia Part I: Catholic doctrine By Insight Staff
Peter Ryan, MA, STL, is director of the Respect Life Office, Archdiocese of Vancouver. In 1996 he earned a licentiate in moral theology from the Pontifical Lateran University. His dissertation was entitled, "The Canadian Debate Over Legalized Euthanasia: A Case Study in Moral Theology." The following text, based on a speech to a Diocese of London pro-life conference held April 25, 1998, summarizes many of the dissertation's findings...
Issue: July/August 1999 | Online: Aug 25, 2000, 16:51

DECLARATION ON EUTHANASIA By Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
The rights and values pertaining to the human person occupy an important place among the questions discussed today. In this regard, the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council solemnly reaffirmed the lofty dignity of the human person, and in a special way his or her right to life...
Issue: May 5, 1980 | Online: May 5, 2000, 16:57




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