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THE P    RTAL                              March 2025                                     Page 22


        It’s not too late to play your part!



                                                                  Duty of Care
                                                                  We oppose euthanasia and assisted suicide
                                                                  because:
                                                                  Vulnerable people must be protected from
                                                                  pressure to take their own lives
                                                                  The lives of disabled and dying people have value
                                                                  and worth
                                                                  Trust in the clinician-patient relationship must
                                                                  be preserved

                                                                  It is the only way to prevent future extension to
                                                                  children, people with non-terminal illness and
                                                                  those who are tired of life.


                                                                  Assisted Dying Bill

                                                                    One of the concerns has been that this bill -
                                                                  which Catholics oppose on the basis of Catholic
                                                                  social teaching - might be, like abortion, ‘the thin
                                                                  edge of the wedge’. We have already seen how
                                                                  ‘the thin edge’ might proceed: already we have
                                                                  moved from involving a high court judge to a
                                                                  little group of experts. Resorting to a high court
                                                                  judge would work only if numbers were small.
                                                                  There is much more flexibility if one has to resort
                                                                  only to little groups of experts. The dilution of
                                                                  Christian principles is clear to see.
                                                                                         (Mgr Andrew Burnham)



                                                                  This is very serious!

                                                                    We need to increase our prayers so that this
                                                                  Assisted Suicide Bill might be defeated, when in
                                                                  April it will have its 3rd Reading in Parliament.
                                                                  We need to increase our endeavours in prayer,  Ø


























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