Assisted Suicide and Religious Liberty

Religious Freedom,  physician-assisted suicide

by Ryan T. Anderson

• First, much ado about nothing over the Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Sarah Torre and I explain here.

• Second, lots of stuff to share on physician-assisted suicide. 

- This past week, The Heritage Foundation published a report I've written: "Always Care, Never Kill: How Physician-Assisted Suicide Endangers the Weak, Corrupts Medicine, Compromises the Family, and Violates Human Dignity and Equality." The report is a bit long--22 pages when printed--so you may prefer reading the PDF version, available at the link above, and also direct here:

http://thf_media.s3.amazonaws.com/2015/pdf/BG3004.pdf

- I went on EWTN Nightly News to discuss the report. You can watch the 3 minute video here: 

http://dailysignal.com/2015/03/26/physician-assisted-suicide-sends-message-some-people-are-better-off-dead-thats-a-lie/

- I also did two written interviews about it. Here with Kathryn Lopez at NRO, and here with Andrew Walker at the ERLC's Canon and Culture.

- I wrote a short summary of the report for the Daily Signal, which Newsweek then reprinted.

- Finally, tomorrow, Monday March 30th, The Heritage Foundation and National Review Institute are co-hosting an event at 12 noon, featuring me, Kathryn Lopez, Dr. Farr Curlin (a palliative care doctor and professor at Duke Med School), and Sister Constance Veit (of the Little Sister of the Poor). The event is free and open to the public, and you can watch it streaming online. Details here:

http://www.heritage.org/events/2015/03/living-life-to-its-fullest