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Eugenics to Euthanasia
ARCHBISHOP CHARLES J. CHAPUT, O.F.M. CAP.
In reflecting on physician-assisted suicide, the first lesson for our lawmakers is that any killing motivated by a distorted sense of mercyno matter how many reasonable and honeyed words endorse itleads to killing that has nothing at all to do with the best interests of those killed.

Non-Voluntary Euthanasia
DR. BRIAN POLLARD
Advocates of legalised euthanasia almost always insist that they only want voluntary euthanasia (VE) a they say they are as opposed to the taking of life without the subjects knowledge or consent, that is, non-voluntary euthanasia (NVE), as anyone else.

What is Euthanasia
DR. BRIAN POLLARD
Even though euthanasia is a common topic for general discussion, its real nature and significance are complex and, not surprisingly, it is therefore often misunderstood.

From Euthanasia to Infanticide
REV. JOSEPH THAM, L.C.
The Groningen protocol in the Holland seeks to create the legal framework to actively end the lives of newborns suffering from incurable diseases or extreme deformities.

Euthanasia would hurt doctors
MARGARET SOMERVILLE
We must consider the damage to medicine if physicians are allowed to kill.

When is euthanasia justified?
MARGARET SOMERVILLE
Will euthanasia and assisted suicide need any moral justification at all if they are ever legalised?

Euthanasia and Extraordinary Care
FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERS
Would you please give an explanation of what the Church says about all forms of ordinary and extraordinary care which are required to be given in the case of patients in persistent vegetative states. Also, how the circumstances of the family come into play, that is financial resources, medical, age etc.

Towards “Passive Euthanasia"
FATHER TADEUSZ PACHOLCZYK
In recent years, some medical practitioners have suggested that death from dehydration may not be such an unpleasant way for patients to die.

Euthanasia Practices in the Netherlands
DR. BRIAN POLLARD
Euthanasia in the Netherlands has gone from requiring terminal illness to no physical illness at all, from physical suffering to depression only, from conscious patients to unconscious, from those who can consent to those who cannot, and from being a measure of last resort to one of early intervention.

Continent Death: Euthanasia in Europe
WESLEY J. SMITH
Self-delusion is rampant in the euthanasia movement. Most proponents recognize that it is inherently dangerous to legalize killing. But they desperately want to believe that they can control the grim reaper. Thus, they continue to peddle the nonsense that "guidelines will protect against abuse" despite overwhelming empirical evidence to the contrary.

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