This pisses me off. The Catholic Church I grew up with in the enlightened era of Pope John XXIII has already succumbed to the dumb meanies on the right who cling to the dysfunctional teachings of the past with respect to all things sexual. Now they hope to require intervention to keep a person breathing regardless of the hopelessness of that person's situation, the pain that person may be enduring, and the financial and emotional burdens being born by that person's loved ones, not to mention state laws, living wills, and patients' wishes.
From Crooks and Liars:
WASHINGTON-The full body of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will take into account the most recent Catholic teaching on care for the chronically ill and dying when they vote on a proposed revision of the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services at their November 16-19 general assembly in Baltimore. The proposed revision states more definitively the moral obligation to provide medically assisted nutrition and hydration to patients in a "persistent vegetative state."You know what I'd like to see? I'd like to see somebody claiming to be a religious authority of any stripe who believes that taking care of the living is as important as taking care of the unborn and the dying.
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