Washington, DC – The case of an Oregon man who allegedly shot his ALS-afflicted wife in the head at her request exposes major problems with the philosophy behind assisted suicide, said Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life.

“The so-called ‘right’ to end one’s suffering by ending one’s life is on a collision course with itself,” Fr. Pavone said. “People will claim that restrictions or delays in exercising this ‘right’ only increase their suffering and therefore their right to end it.”

Priests for Life is the nation's largest Catholic pro-life organization dedicated to ending abortion and euthanasia. For more information, visit www.priestsforlife.org.