This is a quick follow up to my post of June 6, 2011. On June 16, 2011, the US Bishops approved a statement on physician-assisted suicide. Here is the link. http://www.usccb.org/toliveeachday/bishops-statement-physician-assisted-suicide.pdf
The statement provides a useful summary of the problems posed by the campaign to legalize assisted suicide. The Bishops advocate “the way of love and true mercy” (a phrase they borrow from Pope John Paul II), a way “anchored in unconditional respect for …the human dignity [of patients], beginning with respect for the inherent value of their lives.”
Richard M.