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Assisted Suicide
In the 1990s, assisted suicide and euthanasia were among evangelicals’ top social concerns. Michigan’s Dr. Jack Kevorkian participated in more than three dozen assisted suicides, the state of Oregon passed its Death with Dignity Act in 1994, and several other states considered similar measures. The Supreme Court upheld Oregon’s law in 2006. The issue may not attract as much political heat as it once did, but its implications loom large for every family with aging or ailing members.
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UK Christians Lament Landmark Vote to Legalize Assisted Dying
Pro-life faith leaders say Parliament’s proposed bill fails to protect the vulnerable and fear it will “create more suffering and chaos.”
All Saints Die
Our yearly reminder for Christians neither to run from nor to leap toward death, but to learn the art of dying well.
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Evangelicals Struggle to Preach Life in the Top Country for Assisted Death
Canadian pastors are lagging behind a national push to expand MAID to those with disabilities and mental health conditions.
Job’s Wife Urged Him to ‘Curse God and Die.’ Caregivers Get It.
It’s not necessary to condone her exhortations to curse God. But we should seek to understand them.
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Canada Euthanized 10,000 People in 2021. Has Death Lost Its Sting?
Here’s what I’ve learned as a Christian doctor receiving requests for physician-assisted dying.
Editorial
We’re Not Mad Enough at Death
Dying is a fact of life. It’s also the enemy we’re called to resist.
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New HHS Rule Protects Pro-Life Health Care Workers
UPDATE: Under Trump, federal policy keeps shifting away from abortion rights in favor of religious conscience protections.
Almost No One in the US Believes in a ‘Consistent Ethic of Life’
Pope Francis’ critique of President Trump would apply to 96 percent of Americans, surveys suggest.
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The Beginning of Dementia Isn’t the End of Grace
How the church can come to the aid of sufferers and their loved ones.
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Opposition to Assisted Suicide Dies Out
Most Americans, including 4 in 10 evangelicals, want doctors to help terminally ill patients end their lives.