Hospice New Zealand's perspective on euthanasia and assisted suicide, as per CEO Wayne Naylor, has evolved over the years. While still prioritizing palliative care, most hospices now allow eligibility assessments on-site. This shift reflects a growing acceptance of euthanasia, with some advocating for changes to current legislation. However, this approach contradicts the traditional anti-euthanasia stance of palliative care.
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Dignitas Infinita: Insightful Quotes
Dignitas Infinita – on Human Dignity – is the most recent declaration promulgated by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF). The document’s opening paragraph begins by stating “every human person possesses an infinite dignity, inalienably grounded in…
Ban on doctors killing their patients removed by Irish Medical Council
The Irish Medical Council has broken with Catholic moral tradition and a code of medical ethics dating back over 2400 years to Hippocrates in Ancient Greece by lifting its ban on doctors deliberately killing patients. David Quinn, the chief executive…
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When the lie is presented that death is the only solution to life’s problems
The following is the text of a homily given by Father Peter Janssen, SM at the Mass for Life, held in Wellington on Friday 1 December 2023. They say that all it takes for evil to triumph is for good…
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Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: Second Anniversary
New Zealand has just reached the second anniversary of legalised euthanasia and assisted suicide, euphemistically called “assisted dying”. Data published on the Health New Zealand (Te Whatu Ora) website shows that 558 people had ended their lives prematurely at the conclusion of…
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8 practical and effective ways to respect and support human life
Finding practical and effective ways to respect and support human life from conception to natural death that is easily implemented, can be at times, tricky. However, with a little thought, lots of love, and a firm resolution to do something,…
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Life is God’s Gift
“I came that they may have life .,..” [Jn 10:10] When Saint John-Paul II coined the phrase “culture of death”[i] he was talking about how enculturated and embedded attacks against human life have become in our human societies. He was…
Prayer: Day of Reparation for euthanasia
On Sunday 7 November 2021, euthanasia and assisted suicide will become legal in New Zealand. The End of Life Choice Act, 2019 permits terminally ill people who experience "unbearable suffering" to request to die at the hands of a health…
Large pay outs for NZ health practitioners who provide euthanasia and assisted suicide
On Sunday 7 November, the End of Life Choice Act, 2019 will come into force and New Zealand patients will be able to request euthanasia and assisted suicide. The lethal interventions will be generously funded by the tax payer. In…
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Pastoral dilemmas posed by legal euthanasia
In November, the contentious legislation that allows euthanasia and assisted suicide to be sought and provided will come into effect throughout New Zealand. Passed in November 2020, the law permits terminally ill adults, in the name of autonomy, to request…