Tag: Euthanasia

Robert P George, McCormick professor of jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University, recently spoke with OSV News' Charlie Camosy about how St John Paul II's encyclical Evangelium Vitae, released 30 years ago, provided a pro-life vision that remains relevant today.

Melbourne Archbishop Peter A Comensoli has hit out at the Victorian Government after it announced major reforms to the state’s euthanasia and assisted suicide laws which would remove vital safeguards.

“My grandmother is a devout Catholic. There is no way she would have asked for this.” A heartbreaking call from the granddaughter of a woman who had “chosen” euthanasia is one I will never forget, writes Monica Doumit.

George Weigel shares his deep concern about the state of medicine in the United States. Until recently a highly noble profession, it is being degraded by complicity in abortion, euthanasia and sex-reassignment of the young, he writes.

As France's lawmakers push their Catholic prime minister to put the voting on the "end of life" bill back to the agenda, François Bayrou proposed to split the controversial bill into two separate issues: palliative care and "active assistance in dying."

In a great display of irony, a recent decision by the Victorian Coroner proposed that the best way to prevent suicide is promoting euthanasia, writes Monica Doumit.

As we come to the end of 2024, the tide appears to be turning on key social issues, writes Monica Doumit.

Former long-serving Federal minister Kevin Andrews has been remembered for his decades of selfless commitment to the country, his family and his Catholic faith, after his death from cancer aged 69.

It is quite possible that because he was able to hold off the legalisation of euthanasia for so long, Kevin Andrews leaves behind a legacy of saving around 10,000 Australian lives, writes Monica Doumit.

Catholic bishops in England have decried a vote for assisted suicide, with one saying it represented a "dark day" in the history of the country.

The story of a young Dutch woman who changed her decision to be euthanised moments before a lethal injection is a “beacon of hope” affirming the proper treatment of factors which can lead to suicidal thoughts, says Sydney psychiatrist and palliative care researcher Dr David Kissane.

The Australian euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke hit back at claims his Sarco pod glamorises suicide and says there are plans to produce the high-tech death capsule in Australia.