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As Bishops Draft Statement on Assisted Suicide, “Dr. Death” Succumbs Due to Natural Causes

SharePeople don’t read much any more. And they don’t listen so much, either. This presents an imposing challenge for the U.S. Bishops, who have the responsibility for clearly elucidating Catholic teaching on contemporary moral issues. We all know people who are self-identified Catholics, yet who deeply misunderstand or have never heard the clear teaching of [...]

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WHAT’S IN A NAME? Our Government’s Lopsided Policies Toward the Developmentally Disabled: You Can’t Call Them a Name, But You Can Kill Them at Will

ShareIt would be laughable, were it not so tragic. On October 5, 2010, President Obama signed into law S. 2781, “Rosa’s Law.” Introduced by Sen. Barbara Mikulski in 2009, Rosa’s Law changes references in many Federal statutes that currently refer to “mental retardation” to refer, instead, to “intellectual disability.” This is well and good. We [...]

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