Assisted Suicide Archives - Universal Life Church Monastery Blog
August 1st, 2019
This week, New Jersey allows physician-assisted suicide for the terminally ill. While advocates for death with dignity laws are celebrating, the law has some notable opponents- including most religious denominations.
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May 31st, 2017
Tormented by an incurable disease, John Shields knew that dying meant playing the waiting game, slowly watching quality of life slip away and agony mount. So he chose assisted suicide.
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August 27th, 2016
Should we allow terminally ill patients to end their own lives? Ever since Oregon passed the Death With Dignity Act in 1998, the debate over physician-assisted suicide and how we look at death hasn't let up.
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October 5th, 2015
Assisted suicide, or dying with dignity, is one of the most hotly debated issues in global politics. Should it be legal? And under what conditions? How would you feel if a loved one chose this path?
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