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USCCB To live each day with dignity: 
A Statement on Physician-Assisted Suicide
Killing the pain, not the patient
 Palliative Care vs. Assisted Suicide

Kathleen Gallagher and Ed Mechmann discuss what our Church teaches regarding end-of-life decision making, broken into 4 components: Core Values, Ethical Principles, Euthanasia/Assisted Suicide, and Advance Directives. 

Physician Assisted Suicide

Links to Resources:

The National Catholic Bioethics Center: https://www.ncbcenter.org/
24/7 Hotline: 215-877-2660 Now and At the Hour of Our Death: https://www.catholicendoflife.org/  
New York State Catholic Conference: https://www.nyscatholic.org/  
New York Alliance Against Assisted Suicide: https://nosuicideny.org/  
The Patients Rights Action Fund: https://patientsrightsaction.org/  

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America, you must come out of your comfortable life-styles now and you must come out into the streets and into the public places and you must shout the Gospel of Life from the rooftop. Do not be afraid. Jesus Christ is with you." 
(JPII-World Youth Day Denver)


Now and At The Hour of Our Death