Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Pro-life...not just for the unborn

The bill, C-384 is scheduled to come up for debat in the House of Commons here in Canada. If passed it will legalize euthanasia. Our Archbishop went on a open-line radio show and spoke of this. He said that legalizing it would weaken the doctor-patient bond...the trust they have...the confidence that the doctor will do what the Hippocratic Oath has said the doctor will always do...do no harm and uphold one's life.
He's already issued a pastoral letter that was read in parishes and our priest urged us to take a card and send it to our member of Parliment which I have already done. The Archbishop even sat down with local MPs personally.
We need to let everyone know that regardless of the level of illness they have been suffering that they are never ever a burden and always a gift.
Apparently the MPs have said that people are contacting them in large numbers (which is wonderful and hopefully will help them decide not to pass this bill). They said the most effective way to reach out to them (MPs) is pick up the phone, knock on their door or personally write a letter.
The Archbishop feels that Canada suffers from "the tragic spectale" of unlimited access to abortion, which is "a terrible, terrible attack on the dignity of human life" he said. Euthanasia, if legalized, would represent yet another threat to the value of human life.

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