US Bishops Approve Statement on Assisted Suicide

Here is the statement ("To Live Each day with Dignity") on assisted suicide that the US Bishops approved today. Here is a brief comment I made on the University Faculty for Life blog:

The statement provides a useful summary of the problems posed by the campaign to legalize assisted suicide. The Bishops advocate “the way of love and true mercy” (a phrase they borrow from Pope John Paul II), a way “anchored in unconditional respect for …the human dignity [of patients], beginning with respect for the inherent value of their lives.”

Richard M.