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Assisted suicide attacks human dignity say Catholic Bishops

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22 December
Dec 22
22nd December 2021

Assisted suicide attacks human dignity say Catholic Bishops 22 December 2021 In a submission to the consultation on assisted suicide proposed by Liam McArthur MSP, Scotland’s catholic bishops have opposed the proposed law as an attack on human dignity which will undermine efforts to prevent all suicides, damage public trust in doctors and leave frail, elderly and disabled people feeling they are a burden on society. The church response was submitted to the consultation by Anthony Horan, Director of the Catholic Parliamentary Office, who commented: “Assisted suicide attacks human dignity and is based on the mistaken belief that individuals can lose their value and worth. The state sho...

Abortion

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8 October
Oct 8
8th October 2007

Life begins at the moment of conception. If we hadn't been conceived we simply wouldn't be here. This is a simple scientific and medical fact. If life doesn't begin at conception then when? Abortion is the taking of a unique and unrepeatable human life. If you are pregnant, you're having a baby. If you terminate a pregnancy (abortion), you take a baby's life. Abortion is an irreversible decision - you cannot get your baby back. Abortion has many victims. The baby is the first and most obvious victim. Its life is taken. The mother is also a victim. She is told she has the right to choose and yet women are never shown the consequences of the choice they make. Her child is spoken of as a foet...

Euthanasia

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27 August
Aug 27
27th August 2005

The sick, the frail and the physically and mentally handicapped deserve our particular respect. They should rally our support and focus our thinking, because they are our brothers and sisters in Christ. Must we, in the case of terminal illness, do everything and anything possible to stay alive, despite the condition we may be in? The answer to this is cleary NO. There is no civil or religious law which says that we must stay alive at any cost. What is never permitted, however, is any act or omission which causes, or is intended to cause, death, in order to remove a person from suffering. This is euthanasia, sometimes called mercy killing. It is not necessary nowadays for anyone to die whi...

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