Assisted Suicide

Articles and Commentaries

• Catholic medical group: ‘Impossible’ to ensure safeguards with UK assisted suicide bill by Tessa Gervasini Catholic News Agency/The Catholic World Report

• Disability rights advocates urge putting the brakes on assisted suicide by Tyler Arnold Catholic News Agency/The Catholic World Report

• UK Bishops Continue to Speak Out After Release of Assisted-Suicide Bill Text by Andy Drozdziak Catholic News Agency/National Catholic Register

• English bishop says Assisted Suicide Bill will lead to medical killing of sick, disabled, elderly by Charles Collins Crux

• As UK debates legalizing assisted suicide, practice increases drastically in Canada by Charles Collins Crux 

• Toward Dignity: Understanding Older Adult Homelessness by University of California San Francisco

• French lawmakers open tense two-week debate on assisted dying by RFI - Radio France International

• Scottish bishops say assisted suicide bill ‘takes us down a dangerous spiral’ by Charles Collin Crux

• Physician-assisted suicide is a slippery slope by Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley The Pilot

• Oregon reports significant uptick in assisted suicides by Peter Pinedo Catholic News Agency

• Labour leader Keir Starmer ‘commits’ to assisted suicide vote if Prime Minister by Simon Caldwell The Clarion Herald

• Virginia bishops implore laity to resist push for assisted suicide by John Lavenburg Crux

• Pope applauds pro-life leader after key Italian vote on assisted suicide by Crux

• As expansion of assisted suicide looms, Canada’s bishops back alternatives by John Lavenburg Crux

• American Medical Association retains opposition to assisted suicide by Jonah McKeon Catholic News Agency

• Scotland: Catholics urged to lobby MSP's against assisted suicide by Peter Kearney Independent Catholic News

• Portugal declares World Youth Day amnesty for young convicts by CathNews New Zealand

• Teen assisted suicide plan – horrific by CathNews New Zealand

• Opposition to assisted suicide a matter of reason as well as faith by Independent Catholic News

• Jersey report highlights assisted suicide concerns by Independent Catholic News

• Archbishop Paglia clarifies stance on assisted suicide by Christopher Wells Vatican News

• Pontifical Academy of Life president calls medically assisted suicide ‘feasible’ by Shannon Mullen, Hannah Brockhaus Catholic News Agency/The Catholic World Report

• Assisted Suicide & the Cure of Souls by Cole Hartin Commonweal

• Canadian government moves to delay expanding assisted suicide to include the mentally ill by ACI Prensa/The Pilot

• Catholic Union warns of 'extreme' Isle of Man assisted suicide proposals by James Somerville-Meikle Independent Catholic News

• Assisted Suicide Is not a Constitutional Right, Massachusetts Court Says by Matthew McDonald National Catholic Register

• Would Allow Assisted Suicide for Healthy People Over 75 by Catholic News Agency. National Catholic Register

• Hungry, Poor, and Disabled Canadians Now Seeking Assisted Suicide by Kevin J. Jones/ Catholic News Agency/ National Catholic Register

• Catholic Union warns of 'extreme' Isle of Man assisted suicide proposals by James Somerville-Meikle Independent Catholic News

• Assisted suicide may make medical profession "no go area" for Catholics by Independent Catholic News

• Catholic Union urges Government of Jersey to 'pause and reflect' on assisted suicide plans by James Somerville-Meikle Independent Catholic News

• Tom Brady’s meltdown during another Buccaneers’ pathetic performance was hilariously narrated by Eli Manning USA Today

• Canadian veteran offered assisted suicide after asking for wheelchair help by Joe Bukuras Catholic News Agency

• Canadian fashion retailer runs ad promoting assisted suicide by Katie Yoder Catholic News Agency/Angelus

• Assisted suicide for the mentally ill comes to Canada by Susan Ciancio The Catholic World Report

• Campaigners pleased at MPs opposition to euthanasia and assisted suicide by Independent Catholic News

• Human Trafficking and the Logic of Profit by Michael Czerny Holy See/NRT

• Swiss doctors back restrictions on assisted suicide by Michael Cook Bioedge

• After Italy’s first assisted suicide, Church leaders urge closeness to sick by Elise Ann Allen Crux

• Canadian woman, 31, who applied for assisted suicide pauses request after well-wishers donate $65k to her by Gustaf Kilander Independent

• Assisted suicide ‘like a cancer’ in palliative care programmes by Cath News New Zealand

• Are Canadians being driven to assisted suicide by poverty or healthcare crisis by Leyland Cecco The Guardian

• House of Lords votes to reject proposals for Assisted Suicide by Indepemdent Catholic News

• Pontifical Academy for Life Members’ Support for Assisted Suicide Draws Criticism by Edward Pentin National Catholic Register

• Church leaders condemn assisted suicide as Italy debates euthanasia by Elise Ann Allen Crux

• Italian Catholic doctors: Assisted suicide is not a dignified death by Hannah Brockhaus Catholic News Agency/The Catholic World Report

• Austria: Assisted suicide legalized despite Church opposition by Stefan J. Bos Vatican News

• Archbishop calls new Aussie assisted dying laws a ‘defeat for life’ by Elise Ann Allen Crux

• Jersey: Catholic community will challenge any proposed legislation to legalise assisted suicide by Independent Catholic News

• Catholic bishop ‘shocked and saddened’ by Jersey vote for assisted suicide ‘in principle’ by Catholic News Agency/The Catholic World Report

• Vatican: Assisted suicide not an answer to suffering by Vatican News

• Assisted suicide undermines medicine, targets the vulnerable, panel warns by Christine Rousselle Catholic News Service

• A boy wrote about his suicide attempt. He didn’t realize his school’s Gaggle software was watching by Mark Keierleber The Guardian

• California rolls back assisted suicide safeguards by Jonah McKeown Catholic News Agency/Angelus

• New assisted suicide law expands ‘expedited death,’ pro-lifers say by Ann Rodgers Angelus

• No License to Kill: 1,700 doctors and nurses refuse to take part if assisted suicide legalised by Independent Catholic News

• English bishop says proposed assisted suicide law puts ‘most vulnerable’ at risk by Charles Collins Crux

• Scotland: Church campaigns against Assisted Suicide Proposal by Independent Catholic News

• Assisted Suicide: At What Cost to the UK? by Dr. Kevin Hay MRCPI MRCGP Catholic Arena

• Australian pro-lifers to march against proposed assisted suicide law by Jonah McKeown Catholic News Agency/The Catholic World Report

• A Detailed Analysis of the UK’s Assisted Dying Bill 2021 by Dr. Kevin Hay MRCPI MRCGP Catholic Arena

• Austria’s Catholic Bishops: Provide ‘Assistance to Live,’ Not Assistance to Suicide by Catholic News Agency/National Catholic Register

• Doctors in Ireland Beware: A Warning About Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia by Dr. Kevin Hay Catholic Arena

• Canadian bishops condemn new assisted suicide law by Catholic News Agency/The Catholic World Report

• Catholic bishops of Uruguay oppose assisted suicide bill by Catholic News Agency

• New Mexico assisted suicide bill ‘worst in the nation’, Archbishop Wester warns by Catholic News Agency/The Catholic World Report

• New Mexico abortion, assisted suicide bills called 'gravely disappointing'. Archbishop John C. Wester of Santa Fe, N.M., speaks during a news conference during the 2015 fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore. by Catholic News Service/Catholic San Francisco

• Report: Patients being offered assisted suicide in apparent policy violation by Catholic News Agency/The Catholic World Report

• Catholic archbishop: Austrian court ruling on assisted suicide ‘just the beginning’ by Catholic News Agency Staff Catholic News Agency

• Belgium and the Netherlands see rapid rise in euthanasia and assisted suicide cases by Catholic News Agency Staff Catholic News Agency

• Ireland’s bishops warn assisted suicide puts ‘vulnerable’ people at risk by Charles Collins Crux

• In Grim Accounting, Canadian Report Says Assisted Suicide Saves Health Care Money. While the report acknowledged cost savings of assisted suicide, it said “this report should in no way be interpreted as suggesting that (medical aid-in-dying) be used to reduce health care costs.” by Catholic News Agency/National Catholic Register

• Assisted suicide, euthanasia more than 10 times higher than predicted in Australian state by CNA Staff  Catholic News Agency

• Bishop says push for assisted suicide in Ireland ‘disingenuous and unnecessary’ by Charles Collins Crux

• Vatican Steps up Opposition to Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide by  Reuters

• Spanish bishops call for palliative care instead of euthanasia and assisted suicide by CNA Daily News/The Catholic World Report

• Assisted suicide and euthanasia over 10 times higher by CathNews New Zealand

• Assisted suicide, euthanasia more than 10 times higher than predicted in Australia state by Catholic News Agency/The Catholic World Report

• Assisted suicide bill to be reintroduced for consideration by Irish government by Kerry O'Shea IrishCentral

• Italy: Controversial verdict may force legalization of assisted suicide by Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service/Angelus

• Catholics organize to defeat advance of assisted suicide bill in Indiana by Laura Teraci The  Pilot

• Canadian hospice forced to close after refusing to offer assisted dying by CNA Daily News/The Catholic World Report

• Canada’s bishops call assisted suicide plan ‘deeply troubling’ by Christopher White Crux

• Archbishop Paglia: never euthanasia, assisted suicide and abandoning the sick by Luca Collodi Vatican News

• Debate over Vatican official’s assisted suicide remark driven more by ideology than reality by Claire Giangravé Religion News Service/America

• Vatican official: I’d ‘hold hand’ of person dying from assisted suicide by Inés San Martín Crux

• Push for assisted suicide expected in Illinois, experts say by Michelle Martin ChicagoCatholib

• World Medical Association declares strong opposition to assisted suicide and euthanasia by Independent Catholic Network

• Doctors win right to challenge RCP decision on assisted suicide by Independent Catholic News

• Report outlines 'dangers, harms' assisted suicide laws pose to disabled by Julie Hasher CNS/Nation/The Pilot

• Maine's pro-life movement 're-vitalized' to oppose abortion, assisted suicide laws by Christine Rousselle, Angelus News CAN

• Bishop: New Jersey assisted suicide law will cause ‘undue pressure’ on elderly by Christopher White Crux

• Legalising assisted suicide is the start of a slippery slope by Dr Gordon Macdonald The Scotsman

• New York State Catholic Conference: Assisted Suicide Is Bad Medicine for NYS by The Tablet

• NJ approves bill allowing medically assisted suicide by Associated Press/WFLA News Channel 8

• Physician-assisted suicide is not medical care,' doctor tells lawmakers by Catholic News Service/Angelus

• Catholics in Maryland protest assisted suicide bill by Catholic News Agency/Crux

• Canadian disability groups: 'Frightening implications' to expanding assisted suicide by Mary Rezac Catholic News Agency/Angelus

• CA assisted suicide law remains in legal limbo by Catholic News Agency/Angelus

• How Secrecy and Immunity Destroy “Safeguards” in Assisted Suicide Laws by Nancy Valko, RN

• Assisted Suicide, Human Nature and Yelling at Guys on the Radio by Mary Beth Bonacci Real Love, Inc

Film Reviews/Commentaries

• Each and Every Day Commentary by Lynn Elber The Associated Press