“MEDICAL AID in DYING” – FROM EUPHEMISM to EUTHANASIA

Joe Zalot, PhD, Director of Education,
Ethicist, The National Catholic Bioethics Center

The presentation addresses assisted suicide in the United States. It begins by differentiating between assisted suicide and euthanasia, demonstrating where assisted suicide has been legalized in the US, and identifying professional medical organizations that oppose, support, or have taken a neutral position on it. It then offers an overview of Catholic teaching on assisted suicide and euthanasia, as well as its position viz-a-viz medical professionals who aid and abet their patients in taking their own lives. It concludes by responding to arguments in favor of assisted suicide and demonstrating what actually happens when jurisdictions legalize it.

8 am: Mass followed by coffee/pastry
9-10:30 am: Presentation/Q&A

St. Mary’s Visitation Parish
1260 Church Street
Elm Grove, WI 53122

Registration required. Form below.