Colombian bishops lament euthanasia protocol

April 24, 2015

In response to an order from the nation’s high court, the Colombian government has issued regulations permitting terminally ill adults to choose physician-assisted suicide.

Stating that every life should be protected from conception to natural death, Bishop Juan Vicente Córdoba Villota, who leads the episcopal conference’s commission for life, denounced the court decision and the government regulations, and lamented that the actions took place “without dialogue” and without consulting the nation’s people.

 

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Further information:

• Colombia regulates euthanasia in spite of church objections (Colombia Reports)
• Colombian Physicians Get the Final Go-Ahead for Euthanasia (PanAm Post)
• "Corte Constitucional no tiene potestad para legislar sobre eutanasia" (CEC)