Wednesday, July 27, 2005

Cease Euphemizing Euthanasia

The President of the Pontifical Council for Heath Care, Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan, recalled the Terry Schiavo case this week and said “they killed her” by denying her food and hydration.

According to the cardinal, “Food and hydration are never considered medicine.”


“To remove them means euthanasia, it means killing, and so this woman was killed by hunger and starvation. Let’s stop with the euphemisms—they killed her,” he stated.


“Law consists of a rational ordering that seeks the common good and not the common evil,” Cardinal Lozano noted, “but many times there are laws that are called laws but are nothing more than arbitrary norms. In fact, the President of the United States was against this court decision because he had enough sense to realize it was incorrect.”

http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=4482

Well, YEAH, duhhhh.

1 comment:

WI Catholic said...

Powerful statement that many here in the USA need to hear LOUDLY.... thanks for posting it!