CCCC BlogsOn assisted dying, government should respect the beliefs of religious hospitals - CCCC Blogs https://www.cccc.org/news_blogs/intersection/2016/03/08/on-assisted-dying-government-should-respect-the-beliefs-of-religious-hospitals/ CCCC Blogs Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:28:18 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 44556325 On assisted dying, government should respect the beliefs of religious hospitals https://cccc.org/news_blogs/intersection/2016/03/08/on-assisted-dying-government-should-respect-the-beliefs-of-religious-hospitals/ https://cccc.org/news_blogs/intersection/2016/03/08/on-assisted-dying-government-should-respect-the-beliefs-of-religious-hospitals/#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2016 04:15:48 +0000 https://www.cccc.org/news_blogs/?p=21542 If, as individuals, we can believe, then why is it so difficult to think that institutions cannot have the same beliefs as their creators? If a group believes that animals are entitled to basic health care, would we be surprised that they would found a hospital based on those beliefs?... More

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]]> If, as individuals, we can believe, then why is it so difficult to think that institutions cannot have the same beliefs as their creators? If a group believes that animals are entitled to basic health care, would we be surprised that they would found a hospital based on those beliefs? If that same animal rights group is of the view that it would be morally wrong to end the life of an animal that is depressed, would we be surprised that a policy against euthanasia would be written in the corporate objects or the bylaws of their animal hospital? Of course not. …

Just because government gives money to a religious hospital does not mean that government gets to force what services that hospital will provide.

Read more of my Op-Ed piece in the National Post:  http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/barry-w-bussey-on-assisted-dying-government-should-respect-the-beliefs-of-religious-hospitals

 

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