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DENVER — Kathryn Tucker has been busy the past few years. As director of legal affairs for Compassion & Choices, she peruses state constitutions and laws to see if they address assisted suicide, which she refers to euphemistically as “aid in dying.”
So far, Washington and Oregon are the only states that have legalized assisted suicide in this country. Some believe that Montana has also, but a legal analysis of two court decisions which supposedly legalize assisted suicide in the state questions that assumption.
For all its efforts, Compassion & Choices, which was once known as the Hemlock Society, has seen more setbacks than successes. But that hasn’t stopped its latest campaign from...READ MORE
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated.
ATLANTA — A pro-life event at the Martin Luther King Jr. historic site was disrupted by officials July 24.
Participants in the “Freedom Rides for the Unborn” rally — more than 100 pro-life supporters — were kept from rallying on the federal park surrounding the gravesite of the black civil-rights activist.
Meanwhile, “pro-choice” opponents who showed up were ushered onto the grounds for a counter rally.
Organized by Priests for Life and Martin Luther King’s pro-life niece Alveda King, who heads the organization’s African-American Outreach,... READ MORE
BREAKING NEWS: ‘FIRED PROFESSOR WILL TEACH AGAIN’
JOLIET, Ill. — A Catholic professor who was relieved of his teaching responsibilities at the University of Illinois for teaching the Catholic doctrine on homosexual sex has won widespread support in his struggle to return to the classroom.
Kenneth Howell, Ph.D., was dismissed from teaching his courses “Introduction to Catholicism” and “Modern Catholic Thought” after a student complained that Howell’s teaching on homosexual sex constituted “hate speech.”
Michael Hogan, Ph.D., who became president of the university on July 1, has referred... READ MORE
WASHINGTON — Arizona’s controversial immigration law takes effect July 29 — unless the Obama administration succeeds in blocking it.
The law is expected to complicate efforts on Capitol Hill to pass comprehensive immigration reform this year — a longtime legislative goal of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
But even if the president’s legal challenge is successful, the nation’s Catholic bishops hope Arizona’s plight will be a wake-up call for legislators in Washington, D.C.
“The Arizona law is the result of growing levels of frustration and fear that have developed within the... READ MORE
Looking ahead to the beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman, scholars are gathering in Pittsburgh to hear a deacon cured by his intercession.
Washington state reversed a rule that required pharmacists to dispense emergency contraception even if they are morally opposed.
Little Sisters of the Lamb travel in threes to beg for their daily bread in the tradition of St. Dominic and offer to pray with and for the people they meet.
Brian Gail is concerned about the direction America is taking. He writes about its moral decline in a new novel.
The Vatican has revised its norms in cases of sexual abuse by clergy.
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