Terri Schiavo

[KevinTheOmnivore]

The Roman Catholic Church is opposed to euthenasia, and the Florida Catholic Conference is among many Catholic groups opposed to this.

On March 20, 2004, Pope John Paul II delivered an address on Life Sustaining treatment and the Vegetative State: Scientific Advances and Ethical Dilemmas, in which he declared, “The obligation to provide the ‘normal care due to the sick in such cases’ (Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Iura et Bona, p. IV) includes, in fact, the use of nutrition and hydration.”

Furthermore, “Death by starvation or dehydration is, in fact, the only possible outcome as a result of their withdrawal. In this sense it ends up becoming, if done knowingly and willingly, true and proper euthanasia by omission.”

Agree or disagree, the Church's stance is pretty clear.