Denver, Colo., Jan 20, 2016 / 16:47 pm
One year after a similar effort was defeated, the Colorado legislature will revisit proposals to legalize assisted suicide, with opponents warning against creating incentives for people to kill themselves.
"If this legislation becomes law, it will place the lives of the vulnerable in the hands of an insurance and health care industry whose profit-driven culture would incentivize doctors to prescribe death," Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila said in a video.
"These bills are not good for us, because they make it easier for people with bad intentions to prey upon the disabled."
The archbishop added an even stronger warning: "The moral aspects of this debate are very clear: God has taught us not to kill. And that includes killing ourselves."