Two texts generate confusion around assisted suicide, the subject of debate in Italy at the moment. The first of these is an article by Father Carlo Casalone, a Jesuit, published on January 15 in the magazine La Civiltà Cattolica with the title “The parliamentary discussion on “assisted suicide””. The second, authored by Marie-Jo Thiel, appeared…
The organizations that work in the field of the defense of life and its dignity underline that their activity is within the limits set by the fundamental rights of the Spanish Constitution. The spokespersons take advantage of the right of ‘active citizenship’, present in European regulations, to bring their position closer to the members of…
An article published by Spark Chronicles indicates that since legalizing euthanasia on June 25, 2021, Spain has had at least 50 euthanasia deaths and 130 requests. The article states that data from 10 out of the 17 autonomous regions in Spain indicated that the majority of the euthanasia deaths have been for neurodegenerative or oncological diseases and…
Switzerland is one of the countries that has euthanasia or assisted suicide as part of its regulation, which has led it to approve the use of the Sarco capsule (short for sarcophagus), designed by Philip Nitschke and Alexander Bannink, according to the newspaper La Vanguardia. This death machine helps people commit suicide. The subject enters the…
On December 17th, Austria’s parliament passed a bill, legalizing assisted suicide. The assisted suicide bill is a reaction to last year’s Austrian Supreme Court decision. Wesley Smith stated that the Austrian Supreme Court said that the right to self-determination includes the right to a “dignified death,” and also the right of a person who has decided of…
The president of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, has vetoed the law that decriminalized euthanasia and asked Parliament to clarify the reasons why medically assisted death can be accessed. In a statement published on the official website of the Presidency, Rebelo de Sousa communicated that he returned to Parliament, without promulgating, the euthanasia law, so…
The child born of surrogacy is abandoned at birth, the Black Friday of the Biotexcom GPA in Ukraine, free MAP for women and trans in Spain, film festivals that reward abortion, obstacles to films such as “Unplanned”, referendum to be free to kill and legal cannabis. To all this we respond in one way only:…
La bimba nata da maternità surrogata è abbandonata alla nascita, il Black Friday della GPA della Biotexcom in Ucraina, PMA gratuita per donne e trans in Spagna, festival del cinema che premiano l’aborto, ostacoli ai film come “Unplanned”, referendum per essere liberi di uccidere e cannabis legale. A tutto questo noi rispondiamo in un solo…
Certamente è necessario mantenere attenzione e sensibilità verso le persone la cui vita è afflitta dalla malattia o dalla disabilità. Ma la risposta di una società pienamente umana, non può essere quella di autorizzare la “morte su richiesta”. Sembra proprio che la strada imboccata sul fine vita sia una sbrigativa ed economica scorciatoia più comoda e…
It is necessary to maintain attention and sensitivity towards people whose life is plagued by disease or disability. But the answer of a fully human society cannot be to authorize “death on request”. It seems that the road taken at the end of life is a hasty and economical shortcut, more comfortable and practical compared…