Massachusetts Medical Society Drops Opposition To Physician-Assisted Suicide

Massachusetts Medical Society Drops Opposition To Physician-Assisted Suicide

WALTHAM — At the same time that Beacon Hill lawmakers were swept up in the frenzy over how to handle a series of explosive sexual assault allegations lodged against the civil-law husband of Senate President Stanley Rosenberg, the Massachusetts Medical Society — the statewide association representing doctors and medical students — quietly announced it has dropped its opposition to physician-assisted suicide.

The MMS vote, held Saturday by the association's governing body, the House of Delegates, decided by a 2-1 vote that association will now be adopting a neutral approach to the controversial practice.

Christian Culture in New England?  New College Center Seeking To Spread The Word
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Christian Culture in New England?  New College Center Seeking To Spread The Word

Matthew McDonald

Three Catholic thinkers are starting small but aiming high:  the re-evangelization of New England along Christian principles.

The scholars kicked off the Center for the Restoration of Christian Culture with a press conference and social gathering Monday night at Mercy Hall in Nashua, New Hampshire, a building owned by Thomas More College.

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