by aflpost | Jun 3, 2024 | AFL Publications, Bioethics, End of Life
In 2013, my mother had a massive stroke and was put into “Comfort Care”; the doctors said she would never recover or become conscious again. As they made their case for us to accept this diagnosis and level of medical care they were proposing, they kept reinforcing...
by afladmin | Jan 3, 2023 | Abortion, Bioethics, Emotional Health, Legal Rulings, Sanctity of Life
By: By Julie Grimstad I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the finalword in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger thanevil triumphant.― Martin Luther King Jr. Positive language is often used to put nice faces...
by afladmin | Jan 6, 2020 | Abortion, End of Life
Our cultural context for mission is changing dramatically with regard to the sanctity of life. The push for assisted suicide brings with it a grievous devaluing of human life. The supposed “right to die” often, perhaps inexorably, becomes a duty to die. In Canada,...
by afladmin | Jul 8, 2019 | End of Life
“No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main…any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind. And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.” Anglican poet John...
by afladmin | Dec 10, 2018 | Social Justice
“I know my rights!” This is a line usually delivered by a belligerent, unpleasant character on your dime-a-dozen police procedurals. The other characters may roll their eyes collectively during his bellicose rantings. We the members of the audience are meant to...
