* Gov. Carney vetoes Delaware physician assisted suicide bill
Governor John Carney has vetoed HB 140 that would legalize physician assisted suicide in Delaware.
Read more in The Dialog.
Read the Governor’s statement in its entirety here.
Please send the Governor a thank you message. Here is his contact information:
Hon. John C. Carney, Jr.
Governor
The Tatnall Building
150 Martin Luther King Blvd.
Dover, DE 19901
(302)744-4101
Email: https://governor.delaware.gov/email-governor-carney/
Hon. John C. Carney, Jr.
Governor
820 French Street, 12th Floor
Wilmington, DE 19801
(302)577-3210
Email: https://governor.delaware.gov/email-governor-carney/
or click here to send a message to Delaware’s Governor.
Bishop Koenig speaks out against physician-assisted suicide:
‘It’s wrong for society to say this is something we condone’ Click here for the story.
This could be our last chance to help preserve the sanctity of life and the dignity of all people in Delaware!
“We urge all people of good will to demand that our lawmakers reject suicide as an end-of-life option and to choose the better, safer path that involves radical solidarity with those facing the end of their earthly journey. Let us choose the path that models true compassion and dignity to those facing end of life decisions and protects the most vulnerable from the deadly proposition of physician assisted suicide.” ~Most Reverend William E. Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore, Wilton Cardinal Gregory, Archbishop of Washington and Most Reverend William Koenig, Bishop of Wilmington. A Better Way Forward, January 2024 (see below)
In addition to our faith-based opposition to physician-assisted suicide, click here for Eight Important Reasons to Oppose Assisted Suicide from the Patience Rights Action Fund.
Click here to download the message.
Click here to help the fight against physician-assisted suicide in Maryland.
By Dr. Michael T. Vest
CARDINAL O’MALLEY ON ASSISTED SUICIDE
As the Massachusetts legislature considers physician-assisted suicide, Cardinal O’Malley, OFM Cap., Archbishop of Boston, responded in the Boston Globe.
LAWSUIT AGAINST CALIFORNIA ASSISTED SUICIDE LAW
A lawsuit has been filed in federal court against California’s assisted suicide law for discrimination against people with disabilities. More information can be found on the plaintiffs’ website.
Join the Maryland Healthcare Coalition Healthcare professionals throughout Maryland know the dangers of legalizing physician-assisted suicide. Join the many medical, behavioral, hospice and other healthcare providers in Maryland who are standing against PAS. Click here.
Every Life is Worth Living
Heavenly Father, thank you for the precious gift of life. Help us to cherish and protect this gift, even in the midst of fear, pain, and suffering. Give us love for all people, especially the most vulnerable, and help us bear witness to the truth that every life is worth living. Grant us the humility to accept help when we are in need, and teach us to be merciful to all. Through our words and actions, may others encounter the outstretched hands of Your mercy. We ask this through Christ, our Lord. Amen.
Every Life is Worth Living, © 2015, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, DC. All rights reserved.
Some of the national organizations who have released statements in opposition to the practice of physician-assisted suicide:
National Council on Disability
National Spinal Cord Injury Association
Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (TASH)
Click here to read, “To Live Each Day With Dignity: A Statement on Physician-Assisted Suicide” from the USCCB.
Click here for more from the USCCB.
In 2020, the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith released the letter
Samaritanus bonus, “on the care of persons in the critical and terminal phases of life.”
The letter reaffirms the Church’s teaching on care for those who are critically ill or dying
and offers additional pastoral guidance for increasingly complex situations at the end of
life. For a brief overview of key points from this important document
with a specific focus on what it says about palliative care and hospice, click here.