End-of-Life

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Perhaps some of the toughest decisions we make in life – for ourselves and loved ones – come at the end of life.  Death and mortality await every human and facing the inevitable can bring about special moral challenges.

Is physician-assisted suicide ever justified?  How can you make medical decisions for a loved one that honors their wishes yet also honors the sanctity of human life?

The following section offers resources on a number of topics and recent events including physician-assisted suicide and end-of-life decision making.

If you’d like to see a full listing of our articles on this topic, check out our quick guide.

Pick of the Week

Hospice Care

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Recent News

ObamaCare Lawsuits Heat Up

With the Obama administration’s refusal to back away from a mandate forcing religious groups to indirectly pay for and provide contraception and drugs that can cause abortion through insurance plans, lawsuits against the federal government are moving forward on two levels — and they’re gaining steam.

On Monday, 43 Republican U.S. senators filed an amicus brief on a case currently pending at the U.S. Supreme Court — that challenging the law’s “individual mandate,” which compels private citizens to buy health insurance or pay a fine.

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Featured Blog

Who Defines ‘Religious’?

The latest version of the Obama administration’s requirement for religious employers to provide contraception, sterilization and possible abortion-causing drugs to employees doesn’t change anything.  That’s the response of religious organizations that opposed the rule in the first place. There remain many concerns with the latest mandate ranging from requiring religious organizations to (directly or indirectly) [...]

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