Cardinal Rightly Identifies The Slippery Slope Of Euthanasia

Here's a clear stance against assisted killing and euthanasia, one that should be heard more often.

Euthanasia legislation a slippery slope: Cardinal Pell

Cardinal George Pell has issued a letter against euthanasia, warning that it is a slippery slope, reports BioEdge.org.

"One important part of the Catholic task today, which we share with clear- headed humanists and humanitarians, is to explain that just as winter follows autumn, legislation to allow voluntary euthanasia or mercy killing would lead to widespread involuntary euthanasia, with many, perhaps a majority of those euthanised being subject to the procedure without their consent and often against their will," he writes, in the letter available on the SydneyCatholic.org website. more