Table of Contents Church Documents on Euthanasia Articles Columns Fact Sheets Legal Briefs Life at Risk Newsletter News Releases Testimony

• Pope Benedict XVI & USCCB on Life Issues, April 2008
• Responses to Certain Questions Concerning Artificial Nutrition and Hydration, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, August 1, 2007
• Commentary on Nutrition and Hydration, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, August 1, 2007
• Address of John Paul II to the Participants in the International Congress on Life-Sustaining Treatments and the Vegetative State, March 20, 2004
• Nutrition and Hydration: Moral and Pastoral Reflections, USCCB, Committee for Pro-Life Activities, 1992
• Statement on Euthanasia, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Administrative Committee, 1991
• Statement on Uniform Rights of the Terminally Ill Act, NCCB, Committee for Pro-Life Activities, 1986
• Guidelines for Legislation on Life-Sustaining Treatment, NCCB, Committee for Pro-Life Activities, 1984
• Declaration on Euthanasia
  Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 1980

• Human Dignity in the ‘Vegetative’ State, by Richard Doerflinger
  Dignidad Humana de la Persona en Estado 'Vegetativo', por Richard M. Doerflinger
• John Paul II: Dying with Dignity, by Rev. J. Daniel Mindling, O.F.M. Cap.
  EL PAPA JUAN PABLO II: LA MUERTE CON DIGNIDAD, por el Padre J. Daniel Mindling, O.F.M. Cap.
• Physician-assisted Suicide: The Wrong Approach of End of Life Care, by F. Michael Gloth, III, M.D.
  Suicidio con asistencia médica. El procedimiento erróneo para el cuidado al final de la vida, por F. Michael Gloth, III, M.D.
  
• Hope for the Journey: Meaningful Support for the Terminally Ill, by Kathy Kalina, RN, CRNH
  Esperanza para el Camino: Importante Apoyo para los Desahuciados, por Kathy Kalina, RN, CRNH
  
• False Freedom and the Culture of Death, by Richard Doerflinger, 2000
  Falsa Libertad y La Cultura de la Muerte, por Richard Doerflinger, 2000
• Dying Well, Assisted Suicide, and the Law, by Cathleen M. Kavney, 1999
  El arte de morir bien, El suicidio asistido y la ley, por 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

• Using “States’ Rights” to Do Wrong, LIF Column, October 7, 2005
• Terri Schiavo and the Echoes of Abortion, LIF Column, March 31, 2005
• Pope's Speech is About Human Dignity, LIF Column, April 8, 2004

• Q & A on Nutrition and Hydration for Patients in a "Vegetative State," USCCB Committee on Doctrine and Committee on Pro-Life Activities
• Use of Federally Controlled Drugs and Assisted Suicide
• Oregon and Assisted Suicide
• 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

• Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General, et al. v. State of Oregon, et al. (.pdf format)

Life at Risk Newsletter

• Cardinal Keeler Mourns Tragic Death of Terri Schiavo, March 31, 2005
• In Newsday Op-Ed, Bishops' Official Says Terri Schiavo Deserves Nourishment and Care, March 24, 2005
• Cardinal Keeler Says Terri Schiavo Deserves Basic Care, March 24, 2005
• Bishops' Official Thanks Congress And The President For Giving Terri Schiavo A Chance To Live, March 21, 2005
• Archive on 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
• Pro-Life Committee Backs New Rule on Treating Handicapped, Statement of Rev. Edward M. Bryce to U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, April 7, 1983
• Oversight Hearings Regarding the Treatment of Infants Born with Handicapping Conditions, , Statement of Rev. Edward M. Bryce before the Subcommittee on Select Education, October 1982

Email us at prolife@usccb.org
Pro-Life Activities | 3211 4th Street, N.E., Washington DC 20017-1194 | (202) 541-3000 © USCCB. All rights reserved.