Right to Life NSW
The Pope strongly condemns the ‘right to die’ movement, and warns against abortion, IVF and stem cell research
Pope Francis delivers his speech during a special audience he held for members of Catholic medical associations Photo: AP
Pope Francis denounced the right to die movement on Saturday, saying that euthanasia is a sin against God and creation.
The Latin American pontiff said it was a “false sense of compassion” to consider euthanasia as an act of dignity.
Earlier this month, the Vatican’s top bioethics official condemned as “reprehensible” the death by assisted suicide of a 29-year-old American woman, Brittany Maynard, who was suffering terminal brain cancer and said she wanted to die with dignity.
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