Thursday, May 9, 2013

Matt C. Abbott: "The tragic reality of 'covert euthanasia'"

 
Matt C. Abbott column
The tragic reality of 'covert euthanasia'


Matt C. Abbott
Matt C. Abbott
May 9, 2013

Pope Francis has spoken about the tragic reality of "covert euthanasia."

From a May 6, 2013 Catholic News Service story:
I covered the topic of "covert euthanasia" – also known as "stealth euthanasia" and what I referred to as "quiet euthanasia" – in a 2010 column.

Ron Panzer, founder and executive director of the pro-life Hospice Patients Alliance, said that "hundreds of thousands of patients are killed in the world each year in this manner, and no police or district attorney will act to investigate or prosecute."

Panzer is the author of two e-books, Stealth Euthanasia and Restoring the Culture of Life.

In Stealth Euthanasia, he writes:
In Restoring the Culture of Life, Panzer writes:
Read the article here: http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/abbott/130509

Matt C. Abbott is a Catholic columnist with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication, Media and Theatre from Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, and an Associate in Applied Science degree in Business Management from Triton College in River Grove, Ill. He has worked in the right-to-life movement and is a published writer focused on Catholic and social issues. He can be reached at mattcabbott@gmail.com.


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