"The Freedom to Die with Dignity" and the Catholic Church

[Dawson Leery]

http://www.otherwords.org/articles/the_freedom_to_die_with_dignity

"ou may have missed it amid all this fuss about Catholics and contraception. The Church's pushback over routine birth control methods stemmed in large part from an important edict the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued in 2009, which remains poorly understood and could have a major impact on you and your loved ones.

"Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services," as it's officially called, dictates how the roughly 15 percent of American patients who are treated in Catholic hospitals get to die.

Here's the gist: If you are soon to cash in your chips, your choice to die with dignity will be ignored. You may have signed a "do-not-resuscitate" order and a living will. You may have notarized "end-of-life" directives. You or your loved ones may have posted a big sign on your bed that says "No Tubes." None of that matters. The hospital's mission will be to make sure that you live every possible last agonizing moment. And your job will be to suffer against your will."

[fightforfreedom123]

1. Freedom

Terri Shiavo cannot die, birth control cannot be used. But corporal punishment, the death penalty and experimenting on people and other species is A-OK.

I almost forgot honour killings by the Christian Taliban is fine as well. Sickening.