"Catholic" college hosts "bioethicist" who supports forcing "Catholic" hospitals to do abortions

cardinalnewmansociety.org A bioethicist, who argued publicly for the death of Terri Schiavo and supports forcing Catholic hospitals to perform abortions, recently lectured at Alvernia College in Pennyslvania on “legal, medical, and ethical issues surrounding the end of life,” according to a press release from the University. Alvernia, founded by the Bernardine Sisters of the Third Order of Saint Francis, said in its release that lecturer Arthur Caplan is “considered one of the foremost experts on Bioethics.” In 2005, Caplan wrote a piece for MSNBC.com titled, “The time has come to let Terri Schiavo die” in which he called attempts to save Terri as “zany and inappropriate.” He wrote:

So, it is clear that the time has come to let Terri die. Not because everyone who is brain damaged should be allowed to die. Not because her quality of life is too poor for anyone to think it meaningful to go on. Not even because she costs a lot of money to continue to care for. Simply because her husband who loves her and has stuck by her for more than 15 years says she would not want to live the way she is living.

In a piece for the Harvard University Law School blog “Bill of Health,” Caplan argued in favor of an ACLU lawsuit that sought to force Catholic hospitals to perform abortions. to read more: cardinalnewmansociety.org