Extract of original article published on Melbourne Catholic
The State Government is seeking to amend Victoria’s euthanasia and assisted suicide laws. In response to the Government’s plans, the Bishops of Victoria have written to Catholics in Victoria to ask that they contact their local Members of Parliament to urge them to vote against the proposed laws.
Instead of attempting to expand euthanasia and assisted suicide, in the pastoral letter, the Bishops urge Members of Parliament to continue expanding access to good palliative care to all Victorians, particularly for those in the regions.
As well as the pastoral letter released by the Victorian Bishops, earlier this year, Archbishop Peter A Comensoli joined with other Victorian faith leaders to write to Members of Parliament and to the Department of Health calling on the Victorian Government to abandon its proposed changes to VAD laws.
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