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February 2, 2026
GET THE FACTS: Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide, and Palliative Care Are Not the Same, by Nancy Flanders
By Nancy Flanders, Live Action News - Though end-of-life care has been debated for decades, well-meaning Americans have been misled by those who intentionally conflate palliative care with euthanasia and assisted suicide — but only one of these options is ethical... Some U.S. states have in recent years passed legislation allowing doctors to become both killers and suicide accomplices. While marketed to the public as a "compassionate" way to help people facing so-called "terminal" diagnoses, behind the scenes, health insurance companies and governments have touted how "assisted dying" saves them money.
February 2, 2026
By Greg Piper, Just the News - An advocacy group that fights "unwanted medical treatments" is asking the high court to take a fresh look at the case, Jacobson v. Massachusetts, and how courts have interpreted it – extrapolating the holding far beyond the facts of the case – and getting an assist from several red states and a public interest law firm that seeks to rein in the administrative state... Last week, the justices considered whether to accept Health Freedom Defense Fund's petition to review a ruling by the full 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, overturning a three-judge panel that said it's irrelevant whether COVID vaccines stop infection or transmission for the purposes of Los Angeles Unified School District's onetime employee mandate.
February 2, 2026
The Catholic Apostolate Center - The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord takes place forty days after Jesus’ birth, when Mary and Joseph take their newborn son to the Temple. There, they encounter Simeon and Anna. Simeon prophesied the redemptive mission of Jesus when he says, “For my eyes have seen your salvation, which you prepared in sight for all your people.” Luke 2:30-31. ...
February 2, 2026
By M.C. Holbrook, Catholic Exchange - And so, the scene ends with Mary and Joseph, once again, submitting to the law in obedience. Even their act of returning home is an offering on behalf of God’s will. Which brings us to our second lesson: not all our acts of obedience will be hard for us to carry out, nor will they make us miserable. After all, it is certain that as much as it would have been lovely to see friends and family again, Mary and Joseph would have been ready and eager to go home—especially after receiving the sobering news that Simeon had to share.
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