USCCB Applauds AMA's Opposition to Assisted Suicide

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) sent out a press release early this week regarding the affirmation by the American Medical Association to uphold its opposition to physician-assisted suicide. The full release is as follows:

[On Monday] the American Medical Association's House of Delegates voted by a 2 to 1 margin to affirm its longstanding opposition to physician-assisted suicide. Following the vote, Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas, Chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' (USCCB) Committee on Pro-Life Activities has issued the following statement:

"We strongly applaud today's action by the American Medical Association's House of Delegates to reaffirm its policy against physician-assisted suicide. The practice and promotion of assisted suicide poses grave consequences for our entire society but particularly for persons living with illness, disabilities, or socioeconomic disadvantages. The AMA was right to reaffirm its longstanding view that physician-assisted suicide is fundamentally incompatible with the physician's role as healer."