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7 DENVER CATHOLIC | SEPTEMBER 14-27, 2019 GIVE, WALK, HELP. Help the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Denver Metro Council Feed, Clothe and Shelter the Poor. 12 th Annual Friends of The Poor Walk Saturday, September 28th 8:30AM Go to PoorWalk.SVDPden.org for Walk details. Lace up your Tennies and Help Us Help the Poor! GIVE, WALK, HELP. 11 th Annual Friends of The Poor Saturday, September 29th 8:30AM Bishop Machebeuf High School 458 Uinta Way Denver, CO 80230 Go to PoorWalk.SVDPden.org for Walk details. Lace up your Tennies and Help Us Help the Poor. Help the Society of St. Vincent Denver Metro Council Feed, Clothe and Shelter the Poor. Bishop Machebeuf High School 458 Uinta Way Denver, CO 80230 If you cannot make the walk, please send your donation to: SVdP Denver Metro Council 558 Castle Pines Pkwy Unit B-4 #107, Castle Pines, CO 80108. Credit card donations can be made via the website above. Your generosity is greatly appreciated. Bishop Machebeuf High School 458 Uinta Way Denver, CO 80230 two physicians must diagnosis the person as having six months or fewer to live. The measure requires self-ad- ministration of secobarbital. The AP reported Sept. 4 that Jason Spitalnick, who is among the attorneys for Mahoney and Morris, "pointed out that that the law says helping a patient get life-ending drugs does not con- stitute euthanasia or assisted suicide under the state's criminal code." The law requires the o– cial cause of death to be listed as a patient's underly- ing condition, not as an assisted suicide. A facility may not subject its physi- cians, nurses, and pharmacists to dis- ciplinary action, suspension, or reco- vation of privileges or licenses related to conduct taken in good faith reliance on the assisted suicide law. The law allows health care facilities to prohibit its physicians from prescrib- ing assisted suicide when the patient intends to use the medication on the facility's premises; the facilities must notify its physicians and patients in advance of its policy. Centura issued a policy in Febru- ary 2017 noting that it prohibits its employees from prescribing or dispens- ing medication for assisted suicides, or engaging in qualifying a patient for assisted suicide. The policy does allow Centura physi- cians or providers to assist patients who request assisted suicide in transferring their care to a non-Centura facility. The suit seeks a declaration that Centura may not prohibit Morris from providing assisted suicide, nor penalize her should she do so. Morris' employment was terminated by Centura Aug. 26. Kaiser Health News reported Aug. 30¬ that Morris "had planned to help her patient … end his life at his home." Centura Health¬ filed a request Aug. 30¬that the suit be removed from the Arapahoe district court to the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. Centura requested the transfer to federal court because the suit raises federal questions involving the First Amendment and federal statutes. It noted that it is a religious orga- nization, and that the doctrines of its sponsors, the Catholic and Seventh-day Adventist healthcare ministries, "govern, direct and inform" its activities. The group added that when Morris signed an employment agreement with Centura Health-St. Anthony Hospital in 2017, "she expressly agreed that she would not provide any services 'that are in violation of the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services.'" Morris told Kaiser Health News she was "shellshocked" at being fi red, saying, "it seemed so obvious that they can't do it." Morris said that "I didn't think it was going to a£ ect my general family prac- tice. Until these conversations about medical aid-in-dying, I hadn't felt any interference." Centura said Aug. 29 that it "expects all our caregivers to act in a manner consistent with our Mission and Core Values," Kaiser Health News reported. Wendy Forbes, a Centura spokes- woman, told Kaiser Health News: "We believe the freedom of religion doctrine at the heart of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution supports our poli- cies as a Christian health-care ministry. We will vigorously defend our Consti- tutional rights." Archdiocese of Denver spokesman Mark Haas said that "asking a Christian hospital to play any role in violating the dignity of human life is asking the Christian hospital to compromise its values and core mission. 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