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SUICIDE; RIGHT TO DIE; EUTHANASIA
States laws/regulations, Court Cases ^ | July 9, 2003 | John Kasprak, Senior Attorney

Posted on 10/16/2003 6:50:46 PM PDT by Calpernia

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To: pram
>>>>And so it will be here. Already is.

I guess this is what you mean:

"For about two decades, the law in virtually every state has decreed that 'surrogates'" may authorize denial of treatment to those who cannot speak for themselves," Balch said. "Consequently, vulnerable people with impaired consciousness have routinely been denied life-saving treatment, food and fluids until they die."

"Perhaps not until the publicity about this case have large numbers of Americans recognized how deep and widespread is the commitment to the "quality of life" ethic among doctors, hospitals, and the courts," Balch added.

21 posted on 10/16/2003 10:12:03 PM PDT by Calpernia (Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does.)
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To: Calpernia
Courts have held that the defendant may be convicted of murder or manslaughter, or for assisting suicide

Which is asinine. My life is perhaps the only thing that I have that is truly mine to do with as I wish. The fact that people can't get help ending a life that is no longer of any value to them without that "help" being subject to prosecution and imprisonment is cruel and barbaric.

22 posted on 10/16/2003 10:18:49 PM PDT by strela ("We are the RNC. Resistance is futile. We will blend your political distinctiveness into our own.")
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To: MarMema
The dehumanization of the unborn has prepared the way for the coming cannibalism inherent in human embryonic stem cell exploitation and cloning. I'm currently working on a manuscript to address that. There are interesting similarities to the dehumanization of the earliest ages in the continuum that is a lifetime and the later ages that occur at the end of the lifetime.
23 posted on 10/16/2003 10:25:18 PM PDT by MHGinTN (If you can read this, you've had life support from someone. Promote life support for others.)
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To: Calpernia
I am wondering since the legal advise given to Jeb has stated that he not only has authority but an obligation to step 'if' he could be charged with derelection of duty or something if he doesn't stop this??????
24 posted on 10/17/2003 8:33:14 AM PDT by tutstar
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To: tutstar
I really don't understand law (probably cause it isn't logical).

But according to the language above, "Generally, if the defendant merely furnishes the means, he is guilty of aiding a suicide;" are held liable.

To mean, this means ANYONE involved with this case that isn't stopping Schiavo's 'death with dignity'.
25 posted on 10/17/2003 8:40:06 AM PDT by Calpernia (Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does.)
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To: Calpernia
From a search of The Catechism of the Catholic Church (first 40 references on life

2280 Everyone is responsible for his life before God who has given it to him. It is God who remains the sovereign Master of life. We are obliged to accept life gratefully and preserve it for his honor and the salvation of our souls. We are stewards, not owners, of the life God has entrusted to us. It is not ours to dispose of.


2270 Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception. From the first moment of his existence, a human being must be recognized as having the rights of a person - among which is the inviolable right of every innocent being to life.

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you.

My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately wrought in the depths of the earth.


336 From its beginning until death, human life is surrounded by their watchful care and intercession. "Beside each believer stands an angel as protector and shepherd leading him to life." Already here on earth the Christian life shares by faith in the blessed company of angels and men united in God.


2367 Called to give life, spouses share in the creative power and fatherhood of God. "Married couples should regard it as their proper mission to transmit human life and to educate their children; they should realize that they are thereby cooperating with the love of God the Creator and are, in a certain sense, its interpreters. They will fulfill this duty with a sense of human and Christian responsibility."


1524 In addition to the Anointing of the Sick, the Church offers those who are about to leave this life the Eucharist as viaticum. Communion in the body and blood of Christ, received at this moment of "passing over" to the Father, has a particular significance and importance. It is the seed of eternal life and the power of resurrection, according to the words of the Lord: "He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day." The sacrament of Christ once dead and now risen, the Eucharist is here the sacrament of passing over from death to life, from this world to the Father.


» Enter the CCC at this paragraph

2273 The inalienable right to life of every innocent human individual is a constitutive element of a civil society and its legislation:

"The inalienable rights of the person must be recognized and respected by civil society and the political authority. These human rights depend neither on single individuals nor on parents; nor do they represent a concession made by society and the state; they belong to human nature and are inherent in the person by virtue of the creative act from which the person took his origin. Among such fundamental rights one should mention in this regard every human being's right to life and physical integrity from the moment of conception until death."

"The moment a positive law deprives a category of human beings of the protection which civil legislation ought to accord them, the state is denying the equality of all before the law. When the state does not place its power at the service of the rights of each citizen, and in particular of the more vulnerable, the very foundations of a state based on law are undermined. . . . As a consequence of the respect and protection which must be ensured for the unborn child from the moment of conception, the law must provide appropriate penal sanctions for every deliberate violation of the child's rights."


2288 Life and physical health are precious gifts entrusted to us by God. We must take reasonable care of them, taking into account the needs of others and the common good.

Concern for the health of its citizens requires that society help in the attainment of living-conditions that allow them to grow and reach maturity: food and clothing, housing, health care, basic education, employment, and social assistance.


1007 Death is the end of earthly life. Our lives are measured by time, in the course of which we change, grow old and, as with all living beings on earth, death seems like the normal end of life. That aspect of death lends urgency to our lives: remembering our mortality helps us realize that we have only a limited time in which to bring our lives to fulfillment:

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, . . . before the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.


1641 "By reason of their state in life and of their order, [Christian spouses] have their own special gifts in the People of God." This grace proper to the sacrament of Matrimony is intended to perfect the couple's love and to strengthen their indissoluble unity. By this grace they "help one another to attain holiness in their married life and in welcoming and educating their children."



26 posted on 10/17/2003 6:43:32 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: Calpernia; All
This case currently in the news in Oregon may be of interest (the Schiavo case is mentioned):

Man who lost state aid cut off from ventilator

Judge refuses to reorder life support

27 posted on 11/18/2003 6:24:42 AM PST by msmagoo
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