Tag: Euthanasia
Monica Doumit: From bad to worse on euthanasia
There are lots of really terrible things about the quick succession in which we are seeing euthanasia and assisted suicide bills come before the...
Remembering Holocaust is ‘a duty’
Pope Francis said we must reflect and commit to not repeating past atrocities.
Monica Doumit: Don’t get sick in the Wild West
On Tuesday, Western Australia became the second Australian state to legalise euthanasia and assisted suicide, passing laws more liberal than those currently in operation...
Experts mourn ‘dangerous’ law
Experts dismayed at euthanasia laws passed by the WA Parliament on 10 December.
Nick Goiran: Elephant in the euthanasia room
Politicians tell people what they want to hear. In contrast, parliamentarians consider what is in the best interests of the people they represent.
As the...
Philippa Martyr: Fault lines for Catholic agencies
Across Australia, we’ve seen a sudden upsurge in expanded abortion and euthanasia laws.
Which is probably confusing, because you were probably under the impression that...
Religious leaders express sadness at suicide
Religious leaders and pro-life advocates have expressed sadness over news of the death of the first Victorian person under the state’s assisted suicide law...
Bishop Peter Elliot: State agents of death
In Australia’s beautiful Garden State, on 18 June 2019, Voluntary Assisted Dying came into operation. Two years ago, VAD was narrowly approved by a...
WA will be next to fall
State’s healthcare providers refuse to enact euthanasia laws more permissive than Victoria
Catholic health providers and advocacy groups in Western Australia have pushed back against...
The Lion who mauled the Fuehrer
When Aslan fought Euthanasia under the Nazis
Blessed Augustus Clemens Von Galen (1878 - 1946)
Born into a noble German family in Westphalia in 1878, Clemens...
Refusal to prosecute shows law is meaningless, say advocates
Anti-euthanasia advocates say that an ACT magistrate’s decision not to prosecute a man who helped his wife to die makes anti-suicide laws toothless.
Neil O’Riordan’s...
Monica Doumit: It’s either bias … or stupidity
As you might know, a few weeks’ back, the Archdiocese published a series of short, 30-second information clips to social media about the impact...
