Canadian bishops condemn new assisted suicide law 04/11/2021 at 8:20 PM Posted by Kevin Edward White
Catholic News Agency, April 9, 2021
Canada’s Catholic bishops have condemned the country’s new assisted suicide law, and are asking for people to pray and to contact their elected officials in opposition to it.
“At this point, it is important to become informed, to renew our involvement wherever we live, and to partner with members of our parish or other faith groups and organizations to continue lobbying our elected officials about these matters,” stated an April 9 letter by the president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
The Tablet April 9, 2021
A woman with Lou Gehrig’s disease is pictured in a file photo outside the British Columbia Supreme Court in Vancouver, where she was testifying to challenge the law regarding assisted suicide. Canadian bishops say the nation’s new medical assistance in dying law will pressure people with mental illness or disabilities. (Photo: CNS/Ben Nelms, Reuters)
By Agnieszka Ruck
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (CNS) Canada’s Catholic bishops said the possible pressures the country’s new assisted suicide law will place on Canadians with mental illness or disabilities are “all too real, perilous and potentially destructive.”
In a statement April 8, the Canadian Conference Catholic Bishops denounced the expansion of “medical assistance in dying” or MAiD, as it is known to those who are not near death. They called on people of faith to pray and to lobby elected officials about the issue.
Canadian bishops oppose assisted suicide law for disabled, mentally ill
Prelates say the nation s new medical assistance in dying law will pressure people who are not near death
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Canadian bishops have denounced the expansion of assisted suicide to those who are not near death.
Canada s Catholic bishops said the possible pressures the country s new assisted suicide law will place on Canadians with mental illness or disabilities are all too real, perilous and potentially destructive.
In a statement April 8, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops denounced the expansion of medical assistance in dying or MAiD, as it is known to those who are not near death. They called on people of faith to pray and to lobby elected officials about the issue.
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Canadian bishops decry perilous assisted suicide law
Canadian bishops decry perilous assisted suicide law By
AGNIESZKA RUCK, Canadian Catholic News April 8, 2021
Canada’s Catholic bishops have issued a forceful condemnation of the country’s new assisted suicide law, saying the possible pressures it will place on Canadians with mental illness or disabilities are “all too real, perilous and potentially destructive.”
In a statement released April 9, the Canadian Conference Catholic Bishops denounced the expansion of “medical assistance in dying” (MAiD) to those who aren’t near death. They called on people of faith to pray and to lobby elected officials about the issue.