The bishop's submission continued: "There may be occasions where, for a Christian, compassion will override the 'rule' that life should inevitably be preserved.
"Disproportionate treatment for the sake of prolonging life is an example of this.
The church said it would support the potentially fatal withdrawal of treatment only if all alternatives had been considered, "so that the possibly lethal act would only be performed with manifest reluctance."
This is for Brit and Aussie Freepers how mighty Church that Henry VIII founded has fallen
The UK has been on a gradual religous delcine - much like the rest of Europe. It'll be their downfall due to the lack of values and morals ... Have your women been measured for burkas recently?
Response: Pretty scary!
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My youngest son was born with Down Syndrome; without a major heart surgery, a very rare one at the time, he'd have never seen his 3rd birthday. Today he is 23 and the greatest blessing my family has.
Is this the same church that wanted to divest from Israel?
The moral outrage being expressed in this thread presupposes that we have the economic resources to provide unlimited medical care in all areas without having to make the difficult decisions about where else to cut back. If providing care to one premature baby with multiple birth defects means having to withhold asthma treatment to tens or hundreds of adolescents with asthma, then there is a difficult decision to be made, especially when one or more of the asthma patients could die of their disease.
Won't be long now. Seems the ride down the slide is getting steeper.