Voluntary Assisted Dying

Wednesday, December 06

Life after VAD – Church teaching reaffirmed

As South Australia becomes the fourth state in the country to legalise euthanasia, two Catholic archbishops have spoken of the experience of losing their mothers to reaffirm the Church’s teaching on the sanctity of life.

Euthanasia threatens vulnerable: Brennan

As South Australia’s Lower House gets set to debate the Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) bill, Jesuit priest and law professor Fr Frank Brennan SJ has expressed his deep concern for vulnerable Australians.

Archbishop O'Regan

Concerns raised as VAD bill rushed through parliament

Adelaide Archbishop Patrick O’Regan has today written to the faithful expressing his concern about the Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) bill being rushed through State Parliament.

Warning on euthanasia bill ‘slippery slope’

A South Australian politician has expressed concern that people do not fully understand the implications of the Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) bill currently before State Parliament.

Bishops’ reminder on sanctity of life