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"To Live Each Day with Dignity", 2011 (Order)
"Vivir dignamente cada día" (2011)
"To Live Each Day with Dignity", 2011 (Order)
Vivir dignamente cada día
USCCB Policy Statement on Assisted Suicide, 2011.
Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life) encyclical by Pope John Paul II, 2005 (en español )
Declaration on Euthanasia by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 1980 (en español )
Statement on Euthanasia by the Administrative Committee of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1991
UPDATED FACT SHEET: Assisted Suicide Laws in Oregon and Washington: What Safeguards?, April 14, 2020
Top Reasons to Oppose Assisted Suicide, October 4, 2017
Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: From Voluntary to Involuntary, June 28, 2017
Suicide and Assisted Suicide: The Role of Depression, June 1, 2017
Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: Beyond Terminal Illness, April 28, 2017
Physician-Assisted Suicide: Threat to Improved Palliative Care, April 3, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court's 1997 Decisions on Assisted Suicide, May 13, 2011
Assisted Suicide: What is at Stake?, May 13, 2011
Maggie's Story: Living Like Dad, by Maggie Karner, Respect Life Program 2015-16 (en español)
Life Matters: Doctor-Assisted Death, by William L. Toffler, MD, 2012 (en español)
Assisted Suicide: Death by “Choice”?, by Rita L. Marker, Esq., 2009 (en español)
Pope John Paul II: Dying with Dignity, by Rev. J. Daniel Mindling, O.F.M. Cap., 2005 (en español)
Physician-Assisted Suicide: The Wrong Approach to End of Life Care, by F. Michael Gloth, III, M.D., 2003 (en español)
Hope for the Journey: Meaningful Support for the Terminally Ill, by Kathy Kalina, RN, CRNH, 2001 (en español)
Killing the Pain, Not the Patient: Palliative Care vs. Assisted Suicide, by Richard Doerflinger and Carlos F. Gomez, M.D., PH.D., 1998
The Quality of Life: Who's to Judge? by Richard Doerflinger, 1996
Some Good News in the Battle Against Assisted Suicide, by Greg Schleppenbach, Life Issues Forum, September 22, 2017
The True Face of Assisted Suicide, by Richard Doerflinger, Life Issues Forum, February 26, 2016 (en español)
Facing Death with Dignity, by Deirdre McQuade, Life Issues Forum, October 9, 2015 (en español)
Dependent, by Aaron Matthew Weldon, Life Issues Forum, March 16, 2015 (en español)
"Together We Survive", by Tom Grenchik, Life Issues Forum, February 13, 2015 (en español)
The Public Relations of Death, by Richard Doerflinger, Life Issues Forum, January 16, 2015 (en español)
Flirting with Death , by Richard Doerflinger, The Public Discourse, January 5, 2015
Are We Not Dying Fast Enough? by Tom Grenchik, Life Issues Forum, August 29, 2014 (en español)
Cardinal O'Malley Comments on the Vermont Assisted Suicide Law Saying it RevealSlippery Slope", May 21, 2013
Statement of The Most Reverend Salvatore R. Matano Regarding the Legalization of Doctor-Prescribed Suicide, May 20, 2013
Hemlock’s Twisted Logic, by Richard Doerflinger, Life Issues Forum, June 24, 2011 (en español)
Remarks on the Defeated Massachusetts Ballot Initiative on Physician Assisted Suicide - Cardinal Sean O'Malley, Pro-Life Committee Chairman, USCCB November 2012 General Assembly
Watch Maggie, Jeanette & John tell their stories of why they oppose assisted suicide.
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