Letters to the Editor: Restrictions for assisted suicide, once legalised, begin to look ‘arbitrary and cruel’

Assisted suicide Sir – Fr Patrick Pullicino notes that “once started [assisted suicide] spreads quickly and it cannot be contained” (26 October). He says that one reason for this is that “assisted suicide quickly becomes an obligation”. This is surely correct. But there is another reason for the euthanasia “creep” that we have seen in The post Letters to the Editor: Restrictions for assisted suicide, once legalised, begin to look ‘arbitrary and cruel’ appeared first on Catholic Herald.

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Letters to the Editor: Restrictions for assisted suicide, once legalised, begin to look ‘arbitrary and cruel’
Assisted suicide Sir – Fr Patrick Pullicino notes that “once started [assisted suicide] spreads quickly and it cannot be contained” (26 October). He says that one reason for this is that “assisted suicide quickly becomes an obligation”. This is surely correct. But there is another reason for the euthanasia “creep” that we have seen in The post Letters to the Editor: Restrictions for assisted suicide, once legalised, begin to look ‘arbitrary and cruel’ appeared first on Catholic Herald.
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