Embrace Compassion as the World Rejects Life’s Sanctity — Archbishop Kanishka Raffel writes

Posted on March 4, 2024 
Filed under Culture wars, Sydney Diocese

“In the past five years, two momentous decisions have been taken by our State Parliament, both under the banner of ‘right to choose’.

The first, the abortion liberalisation in 2019, was a change against which Sydney Anglicans, led by my predecessor Dr Glenn Davies, took a firm stand.

The other was in 2023. On November 28, the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2022 (NSW) (the Act) came into force in this State, enabling eligible people to choose to access euthanasia in accordance with the regulations and guidelines stipulated by the Act.

This watershed shift in medical practice and community expectation marks the final abandonment of one of the cornerstones of Western civilisation over the past two millennia: the sanctity of life. …”

– Archbishop Kanishka Raffel writes at SydneyAnglicans.net.

The article includes two helpful links.