The Pope’s Sin and Brittany Maynard’s Choice to Die
By Ari Armstrong
Facing terminal brain cancer, Brittany Maynard recently chose to end her own life “by taking a fatal dose of barbiturates,” People reports. Maynard had moved to Oregon to take advantage of a law there allowing assisted suicide in some cases.
Predictably, the Catholic Church denounced Maynard’s decision. Pope Francis called assisted suicide “playing with …
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