Ethics & Medics

Volume 46, Issue 11, November 2021

Thomas Pirog
Pages 1-2

Child Euthanasia and the Church

The creeping expansion of euthanasia around the world, but especially in the West, is a concern for any moral theologian. This expansion has already reached beyond the elderly into younger and objectively healthier groups, including children. The stance of the Catholic Church is that euthanasia is never permissible and must combat philosophies and laws that support it as fervently as possible.