What are the ethical choices we can make to limit suffering at the time of our death? The UUA acted on this in 1988 passing the General Resolution: The Right to Die with Dignity. We will explore the spiritual and emotional issues around having honest and open conversations with our loved ones about our choices. Our speaker is Wendell Stephenson, Ph.D., President Emeritus, Board, Final Exit Network.
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UUA The Right to Die with Dignity: 1988 General Resolution
Guided by our belief as Unitarian Universalists that human life has inherent dignity, which may be compromised when life is extended beyond the will or ability of a person to sustain that dignity; and believing that it is every person’s inviolable right to determine in advance the course of action to be taken in the event that there is no reasonable expectation of recovery from extreme physical or mental disability… That Unitarian Universalists advocate the right to self-determination in dying, and the release from civil or criminal penalties of those who, under proper safeguards, act to honor the right of terminally ill patients to select the time of their own deaths;…
See the full resolution at https://www.uua.org/action/statements/right-die-dignity
Death Connects Us To Life http://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2304
Worship Associate: George Beeler
Accompanist: Will Johnson
Director of Religious Education: Suzanne Kimmel
Topics: Death and dying