DEACON FOR LIFE

Were there to be no support in the whole history of ethical and moral thought, were there no acknowledged confirmation from medical science, were the history of legal opinion to the contrary, we would still have to conclude on the basis of God's Holy Word that the unborn child is a person in the sight of God. He is protected by the sanctity of life graciously given to each individual by the Creator, Who alone places His image upon man and grants them any right to life which they have.

Friday, June 27, 2008

Stealth assisted-suicide bill amended to death by committee

"An important win for us"

The sponsor of a stealth assisted-suicide bill pending in the state legislature has agreed to amendments that remove most objections raised by pro-lifers, including the California Catholic Conference.

"Late on Wednesday, June 25, Assemblywoman Patty Berg (D-Eureka), the author of AB 2747 – 'End of Life Care' -- was forced to take the amendments which removed the language creating a platform for the legalization of assisted suicide," the Catholic Conference, the public policy arm of the state's bishops, said in a statement posted on its web site. "She accepted the amendments -- which had been requested since the introduction of the bill in February -- in order to secure the votes needed for her bill to pass the Senate Health Committee."

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