Vatican official stresses elderly care as Italy pushes euthanasia | Crux Now

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : Social health care must be adequate and responsible.
52% : ROME - With Italy poised to hold a referendum on the legalization of euthanasia, the Vatican's top official on life matters and the head of an Italian government commission on care for the elderly has put forward a new charter stressing the need for better palliative care.
52% : This section lists the rights of the elderly, which, although not specifically mentioned in the Constitution, the commission argues are key to the reform of health and social care of the elderly.
49% : This news comes as the Italian government faces pressure to legalize euthanasia following a referendum proposal launched Aug. 18 by a host of different organizations, but which is led by the Luca Coscioni Association - founded in 2002 to defend "civil liberties and human rights.
43% : "The questions of euthanasia are often not questions of death, but questions of help not to suffer, not to be alone, not to be abandoned.

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