When Belgium extended euthanasia to children in February 2014, by eliminating the age limit for lethal injection, we had hoped that no child would die in this manner. The first official child euthanasia in Belgium was reported in September 2016. The 2017 Belgian euthanasia data showed that the number of euthanasia deaths continues to increase,…
La Conferencia Episcopal de Irlanda ha publicado un nuevo código de ética de la salud, que reafirma que los hospitales católicos no pueden realizar abortos. El gobierno ya ha advertido que eso supondrá que dejarán de recibir fondos públicos. Código de Normas Éticas para la Salud fue entregado al gobierno irlandés a principios de este…
On July 25, 1968, Paul VI made a historic decision, and signed the encyclical ‘Humanae Vitae’ … “With this he signed his own passion,” said his Secretary of State, Cardinal Casaroli. The new documentary by Goya Productions, “The Prophecies of the Humanae Vitae”, takes stock of one of the most controversial documents of the Catholic Church 50 years…
Dear David, To conclude our month of Friday Features celebrating the 50th anniversary of Humanae Vitae’s issuance, we’ve filmed one of the most interesting interviews in recent memory. Hear what Dr. Bruchalski has to say to DMC Executive Director Will Waldron about the relevance of Humanae Vitae’s teachings to the OB/GYN area of medicine in…
El Dr. Jacinto Bátiz, secretario de la Comisión Central de Deontología de la Organización Médica Colegial (OMC), y director del Instituto de Sensibilización, Formación, Investigación e Innovación para Cuidar Mejor del Hospital San Juan de Dios de Santurce (Vizcaya), reflexiona en este artículo sobre la proposición de ley de la eutanasia, que el presidente del…
Launched in May 2018, a citizens’ consultation will enable all Europeans to voice their opinion on the direction in which they wish to steer the European Union. For the first time, the European Commission convened a citizens’ panel on 5 and 6 May 2018 to draft a public consultation. Ninety-six Europeans met in Brussels to…
The One of Us Federation warns about dehumanization of euthanasia. Euthanasia means abandoning people hit by serious ill and disabilities considered without human dignity. This option does not make sense, from an ethical, medical and juridical point of view. One of us Federaton instead states the need to guarantee and improve palliative care, because human…
Malta has passed new legislation allowing for embryo freezing and gamete donation. Controversial amendments to the Embryo Protection Bill were passed by 34 votes to 27 by the parliament of Malta and now await the President’s formal assent to become law. Maltese law currently allows couples undergoing IVF to fertilise two eggs and implant the…
Under the current abortion bill, refusing to refer patients to doctors willing to perform abortions would “be a breach of the law”. While the law allows conscientious objection and allows doctors to refuse to perform abortions, it obliges them to ” make such arrangements for the transfer of care of the pregnant woman concerned as may…
Past March, 118 bishops in France signed a statement entitled, “End of life: Yes to the urgency of fraternity!” In the document, the French bishops proposed six ethical reasons for opposing the legalization of euthanasia and assisted suicide, which are at the core of the bill, and which in turn is the subject of a…
