What Does Coercion Look Like?
“You hold her down and I’ll give her the drink.” “Your condition is not worth treating. Let’s start the Medical Aid in Dying process.” This may be what people think…
Category: Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
AMA Remains Opposed to Assisted Suicide
Physician-assisted suicide is “fundamentally incompatible with the physician’s role as healer.” That is the position the AMA still holds despite the rather dramatic pleas from those seeking a position of “engaged…
Muddy Waters of Autonomy, Consent, and Faith
In Australia, a judge has ordered that a pregnant teenage who is a Jehovah’s Witness receive a blood transfusion should she need one when being induced to deliver her baby.…
St. Maximilian Kolbe and Euthanasia
During morning Mass on August 14th, the feast day of St. Maximilian Kolbe, I listened to the priest recount the story of his death at Auschwitz. I knew the story…
Fatal Flaws Event A Success
Photo credit: Catherine Adair Over 250 people came to see Fatal Flaws at Assumption College in Worcester on May 17th and to hear Bishop McManus lead the panel in discussing…
Falsifying Health Records
In December, the New York Times reported on the widespread starvation of children in Venezuela due to its economic collapse. The government’s response: falsify the records. “Doctors are censored in…
A Tale of Two Dignities
This article was published in this week’s Catholic Free Press. As is usually the case with life issues, each side seem to talk a different language. The same is true…
Mass Medical Society PAS Survey Results
In September, The Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) surveyed its 22,500 members regarding physician assisted suicide (PAS). They say that because of that survey, the MMS decided to “rescinded its longstanding…
Nature and dignity 