A Definition to Shut Down Nuanced Discussion of Aid in Dying.
Catholic News Agency offers it's own doctrinal definition of euthanasia - "murder" - and works to shut down the discussion, active in the US, Canada, Britain and other westernized countries around the globe - by demonizing any consideration of nuance. When addressed as an issue of "good vs. evil" euthanasia becomes an issue for the state, the church and the medical profession. Patients' rights are made illegitimate. Expect much more media of this sort as "pro-life" groups work with the Catholic Church to elevate "euthanasia" on their platform and oppose aid in dying advocates across the country.
The Good Death: An Exploration of Dying in America will be published by Beacon Press in February 2016.
I'm a writer (and hospice volunteer) living in Red Hook, Brooklyn, and writing primarily about the nexus of death and religion for publications like Guernica magazine (where I'm a contributing nonfiction editor), Harvard Divinity Bulletin, Bookforum, The Baffler, The Guardian, and The New York Times.
I am a Visiting Scholar at The Center for Religion and Media, NYU, and a contributing editor at The Revealer, the Center's publication (where I was editor until June 2013). I write the monthly column, "The Patient Body."
You can find my articles at annneumann.com.
I can be reached at otherspoon@yahoo.com, @otherspoon
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