1.0ACBC MediaBloghttps://mediablog.catholic.org.auACBC Communicationshttps://mediablog.catholic.org.au/author/acbccommunications/Growing euthanasia statistics should be a warning - ACBC MediaBlogrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="YTB5BivhCp"><a href="https://mediablog.catholic.org.au/growing-euthanasia-statistics-should-be-a-warning/">Growing euthanasia statistics should be a warning</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://mediablog.catholic.org.au/growing-euthanasia-statistics-should-be-a-warning/embed/#?secret=YTB5BivhCp" width="600" height="338" title="“Growing euthanasia statistics should be a warning” — ACBC MediaBlog" data-secret="YTB5BivhCp" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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There’s nothing compassionate or safe about killing our fellow travellers along the journey of life. Accepting euthanasia means agreeing some people are beyond any help, for whom taking their life is the only option. I reject that pessimism. I reject the idea that euthanising someone is any sort of solution to the deeply human reality […]http://mediablog.catholic.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Sydney-Comensoli_sqaure.jpg