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NEW DELHI \u2014 Two weeks after the Supreme Court of India issued the country\u2019s first ruling approving passive euthanasia, the man at the center of the case \u2014 who had been in a vegetative state for 13 years \u2014 died March 24 after doctors withdrew his medical support, including clinically assisted nutrition, as the court had ordered.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very sad to hear about the death of Harish Rana, first victim of euthanasia in the country,\u201d Archbishop Raphy Manjaly, the chairman of the doctrinal commission of the Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference of India, told EWTN News March 26.<\/p>\n

\u201cCatholic Church considers life sacred from conception to natural death. No one has the right to take the life of other human being,\u201d said Manjaly, archbishop of Agra, a city in northern Uttar Pradesh state known for the Taj Mahal.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is strange and a contradiction that the medical science that is supposed to support life assisted to take away life,\u201d lamented Manjaly, referring to the March 11 order of the Supreme Court<\/a> that \u201cthe medical treatment, including clinically assisted nutrition and hydration (CANH) being administered to the applicant, shall be withdrawn\/withheld.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rana, an engineering student, had been in a vegetative state since 2013 following a fall from the balcony of his fourth-floor accommodation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Church is shocked and appalled by this verdict,\u201d Manjaly said. A previous Supreme Court bench, led by the chief justice of India, had rejected the same family\u2019s demand for euthanasia.<\/p>\n

Calls for palliative care<\/h2>\n

Acknowledging that \u201cit is difficult for the family and I do not condemn them,\u201d the prelate said: \u201cWhat is required is more and more compassionate institutions to offer palliative care to terminally ill patients. [The] Church has several institutions. There are many people of goodwill also doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n

He cited the 2011 verdict of India\u2019s apex court in a similar case \u2014 a plea for mercy killing for Aruna Shanbaug, a nurse in a comatose condition for 37 years after a brutal assault in a Mumbai hospital while on duty. In that ruling, the Supreme Court said: \u201cRight to life guaranteed by Article 21 of the Constitution does not include the right to die.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shanbaug was 25 in November 1973 when a sweeper at the hospital where she worked sexually assaulted her and strangled her with a dog chain, interrupting the flow of oxygen to her brain and inducing the coma.<\/p>\n

The mercy killing plea \u201cto die with dignity\u201d was then opposed by the attorney general of India \u2014 the highest law officer in the government \u2014 as well as the staff of King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital in Mumbai, where Shanbaug had been leading a \u201cpersistent vegetative life\u201d under their care. She died of pneumonia in 2015.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe whole country must learn the meaning of dedication and sacrifice from the KEM hospital staff. In her 37 years [of comatose existence], Aruna has not developed a single bed sore,\u201d the Supreme Court said at the time.<\/p>\n

Pro-life activists raise alarm<\/h2>\n

\u201cA deep sense of unease is spreading across sections of Indian society following recent developments that could redefine the meaning of life and dignity in the country,\u201d Sunny Kattukaran, one of the country\u2019s prominent lay pro-life activists, told EWTN News.<\/p>\n

\u201cIndia has upheld life as sacred for ages \u2014 protected not only by law but also by deeply rooted cultural and spiritual values. Yet today, there are growing concerns that evolving legal interpretations and scientific advancements are moving faster than the ethical boundaries that once guided them,\u201d said Kattukaran, who leads Christian Movement of India with pro-life activities.<\/p>\n

With the media glorifying the decision of the Rana family to donate his corneas and heart valves for transplant, Kattukaran cautioned that \u201cmore and more such euthanasia demands will come up now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Several news outlets hailed the Rana family\u2019s organ donation in headlines like \u201cFirst euthanasia case sparks organ donation push<\/a>\u201d that have gone viral on social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Church welcomes organ donation, which is a noble gesture. But nobody should be put to death for harvesting organs,\u201d Manjaly cautioned.<\/p>\n

\u201cGovernment and all those who have a duty to prevent abuses and crimes in this field need to be ever vigilant, including the media,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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