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California Catholic Nursing Homes may be Forced to Allow Assisted Suicide
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| 2/26/07
| Hilary White
Posted on 02/26/2007 4:10:34 PM PST by wagglebee
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While euthanasia advocates claim the changes to the law are only small matters of tweaking existing statutes, I'm sure the Nazis also claimed that they were just "tweaking" the laws.
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posted on
02/26/2007 4:10:36 PM PST
by
wagglebee
To: cgk; cpforlife.org; Mr. Silverback; 8mmMauser; NYer; Coleus; narses; Salvation; Pyro7480
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posted on
02/26/2007 4:11:22 PM PST
by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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posted on
02/26/2007 4:11:52 PM PST
by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: Kahonek
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posted on
02/26/2007 4:12:19 PM PST
by
pissant
(http://www.gohunter08.com/)
To: wagglebee
Why not just allow the Catholics to bring him to some other medical facility, where it is not against their religion to do an assisted suicide?
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posted on
02/26/2007 4:12:49 PM PST
by
LtdGovt
("Where government moves in, community retreats and civil society disintegrates" -Janice Rogers Brown)
To: wagglebee
Well, I see we were on the same wave length here. I was busy formatting the First Things piece while you were posting this summary of it. I'll tell you what bothers me most: I think it will not be long (less than a year) before the GOP joins the Dems in trying to force the Catholic Church into the societal margins . . . or out of business.
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posted on
02/26/2007 4:18:08 PM PST
by
madprof98
("moritur et ridet" - salvianus)
To: LtdGovt
Why not just allow the Catholics to bring him to some other medical facility, where it is not against their religion to do an assisted suicide? Because that would allow Catholics to live according to principles with which liberals do not agree, namely, the sanctity of human life.
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posted on
02/26/2007 4:19:58 PM PST
by
The Blitherer
(What the devil is keeping the Yanks? Duncan Hunter for President '08!)
To: LtdGovt
With all due respect, no Catholic (or person of such conscience) should have anything to do with it. If the patient and/or their family take the initiative about a transfer, then the home would have clean hands. But the home should not take a proactive part in transferring the patient as an end run around Catholic ethics.
An analogy might be Ms. X is pregnant and wants an abortion. You know it is wrong for a catholic to help her procure an abortion, but she wants one really bad, justifies it by saying her mom/grandmother/great aunt/boyfriend/whomever wants it, every rationale in the book, too. So you have a non-Catholic friend/contact/acquaintance who you know will oblige with her wishes and pass her off to them.
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posted on
02/26/2007 4:19:59 PM PST
by
Aliska
To: madprof98
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; I guess the culture of death doesn't think that forcing the Church to murder the innocent is "prohibiting the free exercise" of religion.
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posted on
02/26/2007 4:26:06 PM PST
by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: LtdGovt
Moving a person to a facility where they will be killed IS assisting in their death.
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posted on
02/26/2007 4:27:26 PM PST
by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: The Blitherer
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posted on
02/26/2007 4:28:19 PM PST
by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: Aliska
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posted on
02/26/2007 4:28:50 PM PST
by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: LtdGovt
Why not just allow the Catholics to bring him to some other medical facility, where it is not against their religion to do an assisted suicide? You really don't get it, do you? Now I know why you think Catholics and other serious Christians could just forget about Rudy's pro-abortion record and vote for him because he's good at managing things.
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posted on
02/26/2007 4:29:05 PM PST
by
madprof98
("moritur et ridet" - salvianus)
To: wagglebee
Very good point. I wasn't thinking of that aspect when I posted.
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posted on
02/26/2007 4:35:52 PM PST
by
The Blitherer
(What the devil is keeping the Yanks? Duncan Hunter for President '08!)
To: The Blitherer
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posted on
02/26/2007 4:39:02 PM PST
by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: wagglebee
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; I guess the culture of death doesn't think that forcing the Church to murder the innocent is "prohibiting the free exercise" of religion. I agree with those words 100%. What I am about to say I do not support but this is how the government is getting a choke hold on the church in this matter. The church likely takes Medicare & Medicaid funding. If that is true then it makes the Nursing Home bound to the rules of state. Again I do not agree with it but that is how they can do it.
This was one reasons many in here including myself were against the presidents Faith Based Programs. What programs government funds it also controls and eventually destroys. Today the Church ran hospitals and care facilities tomorrow the Pulpit and the message of the clergy.
I would advise families who value life and family say in treatment even to the point where emergency care is refused to make just in case plans. Make such a plan to even if by physical force remove your loved ones from a health care facility on a moments notice. This should be discussed by dependable family members.
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posted on
02/26/2007 4:42:09 PM PST
by
cva66snipe
(Kool Aid! The popular American favorite drink now Made In Mexico. Pro-Open Borders? Drink Up!)
To: Coleus; NYer; Salvation
You ain't gonna believe this atrocity soon to be arriving from the Left Coast alert!
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posted on
02/26/2007 4:44:46 PM PST
by
Frank Sheed
("Shakespeare the Papist" by Fr. Peter Milward, S.J.)
To: cva66snipe
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posted on
02/26/2007 4:45:07 PM PST
by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: Aliska
With all due respect, no Catholic (or person of such conscience) should have anything to do with it. If the patient and/or their family take the initiative about a transfer, then the home would have clean hands. But the home should not take a proactive part in transferring the patient as an end run around Catholic ethics.
That's would be okay, too.
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posted on
02/26/2007 4:45:14 PM PST
by
LtdGovt
("Where government moves in, community retreats and civil society disintegrates" -Janice Rogers Brown)
To: wagglebee
i can't believe that patients are falling over themselves in a Catholic Home to commit suicide...
that said, if one by chance DOES want to, simply say no and PAY THE FINE!!! what are they gonna do... close the place down???
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posted on
02/26/2007 5:00:08 PM PST
by
Chode
(American Hedonist ©®)
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