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End of Life Issues

DIOCESAN OVERVIEW

End of Life Issues Task Force

Parish Respect Life End of Life Issues Committee Chairman - Job Description

RESOURCES AND INFORMATION 

Advance Directives - Living Will & Healthcare Surrogate Designation, Florida Catholic Conference, 2010: 

Catholic Declaration on Life and Death (English) 

La Declaración Católica sobre la Vida y la Muerte (Spanish)

Understanding the Catholic Declaration on Life and Death (English) 

Directriz Anticipada de la Declaración Católica (Spanish)

The Dignity of Life in a Culture of Death (A Reflection on Assisted Suicide) - Florida Catholic Conference Commentary, 2001.  This edition of Commentary is a pastoral reflection and was developed at the behest of the Florida Bishops to assist pastors and the faithful in understanding Church teaching on the question of assisted suicide.  It is a collaborative work by Revs. Alfred Cioffi, STD, Steven O’Hala, STD and George Ratzmann, STD.  This document is among many other resources available on the Florida Catholic Conference website under the End of Life Decision section.

ARTICLES & FACT SHEETS FROM THE USCCB 

ON ASSISTED SUICIDE & EUTHANASIA

Use of Federally Controlled Drugs and Assisted Suicide

Oregon and Assisted Suicide

Ethical, Legal and Social Issues of Assisted Suicide, testimony of Cardinal Bernard Law, 1997, to the House Commerce Subcommittee on Health and Environment

U.S. Supreme Court and Assisted Suicide

Assisted Suicide: What is at Stake?
Public Opinion on Physician-Assisted Suicide: Difference by Age and Health Status

False Freedom and the Culture of Death, by Richard Doerflinger, 2000
Dying Well, Assisted Suicide, and the Law, by Cathleen M. Kavney, 1999
Killing the Pain, Not the Patient, by Richard Doerflinger, 1998
The Quality of Life: Who's the Judge?, by Richard Doerflinger, 1996

Life at Risk Newsletter, a newsletter, published six times a year, focuses on euthanasia and assisted suicide trends

CHURCH DOCUMENTS

Statement on Euthanasia, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Administrative Committee, 1991

Declaration on Euthanasia, Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 1980

Excerpts of Church and Other DocumentsRelated to Assisted Suicide, Florida Catholic Conference

RECOMMENDED BOOKS

Power Over Pain: How to Get the Pain Control You Need by Eric M. Chevlen, M.D. and Wesley J. Smith. Pub. by International Task Force, Steubenville, Ohio, 2002.

  RECOMMENDED WEBSITES

BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENTS

 End of Life:  Catholic Declaration on Life and Death:  html   doc   pdf

RESOURCES AND INFORMATION

ARTICLES & FACT SEETS FROM THE USCCB

ON BEGINNING OF LIFE ISSUES

A Matter of the Heart, USCCB 2002.  A statement of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on the Thirtieth Anniversary of Roe v. Wade.  En español

Faithful for Life:  A Moral Reflection, USCCB 1995.

Life Insight, USCCB - It is an indispensible communications tool for the abortion debate and related issues. It includes in depth analyses and pointers on effective rhetoric. 

Specific Categories:

Abortion

Cloning

Contraception

Embryo Research

Fetal Tissue Research

In Vitro Fertilization

Morning-After Pill (Emergency Contraception)

Partial-Birth Abortion

Post Abortion

RU-486

Stem Cell Research

Unborn Victims of Violence

Women

RECOMMENDED WEBSITES

BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENTS

Stem Cell Research:  Fr. Tad's Media Myths:  html   doc   pdf