Catholic Bishops of France are Critical of New Assisted Dying Bill which "risks hurting all of society"
Catholic bishops of France state their disappointment at President Macron’s announcement of a new bill legalizing medical aid in dying. Following the recent final passage of the amendment to the French Constitution making abortion a constitutional right, President Emmanuel Macron announced on Monday that in May he will present a bill legalising medical aid in dying for terminally ill people. The move follows a lenghly consultation he launched in Autumn 2023 where a majority came out in favour of the legislation, which was was part of his electoral programme during the presidential campaign of 2022.For Mgr Éric de Moulins-Beaufort, Archbishop of Reims and President of the CEF, “calling a “law of fraternity” a text which opens up assisted suicide and euthanasia is a deception”.
“What is being announced does not lead our country towards more life, but towards death as a solution to life.”
“Law of fraternity”: We, bishops, ask that society help people to live and to live to the end, until death
Following the announcements made by the President of the Republic on Sunday March 10, 2024 regarding the presentation to the Assembly of a bill for “assisted dying” in April, find some reactions from the Conference of Bishops of France (CEF) and Church movements.
For the President of the Conference of Bishops of France (CEF), Emmanuel Macron opens the door to assisted suicide and euthanasia. The Archbishop of Reims also denounces in the Cross “vague promises” regarding palliative care.
For Mgr Matthieu Rougé, Bishop of Nanterre, “we cannot speak of fraternity when we respond to suffering with death”
For Mgr Vincent Jordy, Archbishop of Tours, Vice-President of the CEF, the bill on assisted dying risks hurting all of society and particularly intergenerational relations in France.
For the Archbishop of Tours, Mgr Vincent Jordy, responsible for the subject of end of life for the episcopate, Emmanuel Macron's bill knowingly avoids the terms euthanasia and assisted suicide. https://t.co/5NBIA1qtyp— Famille Chrétienne (@FChretienne) March 11, 2024
For Mgr Laurent Le Boulch', Archbishop of Lille, this bill gives the impression of a “headlong rush” to the detriment of the balance of the French bioethical model.
#End of lifeThose who are engaged in the mission of caring for a person until their last breath will also appreciate learning that accompanying life into death and causing death in others are two acts of an equal fraternity? pic.twitter.com/cLIxWCB07I— Mgr Laurent Le Boulc'h (@MgrLeBoulch) March 12, 2024
Following the announcements made by the President of the Republic on Sunday March 10, 2024 regarding the presentation to the Assembly of a bill for “assisted dying” in April, find some reactions from the Conference of Bishops of France (CEF) and Church movements.
For the President of the Conference of Bishops of France (CEF), Emmanuel Macron opens the door to assisted suicide and euthanasia. The Archbishop of Reims also denounces in the Cross “vague promises” regarding palliative care.
For Mgr Matthieu Rougé, Bishop of Nanterre, “we cannot speak of fraternity when we respond to suffering with death”
For Mgr Vincent Jordy, Archbishop of Tours, Vice-President of the CEF, the bill on assisted dying risks hurting all of society and particularly intergenerational relations in France.
For the Archbishop of Tours, Mgr Vincent Jordy, responsible for the subject of end of life for the episcopate, Emmanuel Macron's bill knowingly avoids the terms euthanasia and assisted suicide. https://t.co/5NBIA1qtyp— Famille Chrétienne (@FChretienne) March 11, 2024
For Mgr Laurent Le Boulch', Archbishop of Lille, this bill gives the impression of a “headlong rush” to the detriment of the balance of the French bioethical model.
#End of lifeThose who are engaged in the mission of caring for a person until their last breath will also appreciate learning that accompanying life into death and causing death in others are two acts of an equal fraternity? pic.twitter.com/cLIxWCB07I— Mgr Laurent Le Boulc'h (@MgrLeBoulch) March 12, 2024
Source: https://eglise.catholique.fr/sengager-dans-la-societe/eglise-et-bioethique/science-et-ethique/fin-de-vie-2/550199-loi-de-fraternite-reactions-fin-de-vie/
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