This week on “Jesuitical,” Ashley and guest host Sebastian speak to Charles Camosy. Charlie teaches moral theology and bioethics at the Catholic University of America and is the author of 10 books, including Living and Dying Well: A Catholic Plan for Resisting Physician-Assisted Killing.

0:00 Why we're doing a "life" episode
4:32 The post-Roe world
10:00 The challenges facing pro-lifers
14:57 Is the pro-life movement splintering?
18:41 Signs of hope
21:38 Laws about euthanasia
23:42 Rare, bipartisan pushback
27:58 Misguided assumptions
31:13 Alarm bells in Canada
39:30 Who are advocating for it?
44:24 The argument for compassion
54:38 Solutions
1:00:50 Dying well

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Links:
Charlie’s book: Living and Dying Well: A Catholic Plan for Resisting Physician-Assisted Killing: https://www.amazon.com/Living-Dying-Well-Resisting-Physician-Assisted/dp/163966284
Ahead of March for Life, pro-life movement faces key political challenges: https://www.americamagazine.org/news/2026/01/20/march-for-life-pro-life-trump-abortion
Pro-life groups push back after Trump tells House GOP to be ‘flexible’ on taxpayer-funded abortions: https://www.americamagazine.org/news/2026/01/08/trump-hyde-abortion-flexible
Canada’s euthanasia regime: How many more will die in the name of ‘compassion’?: https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2022/12/15/canda-euthanasia-human-dignity-medicalized-killing-regime-244350
Vatican reaffirms, clarifies church teachings on end-of-life care: https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2020/09/22/vatican-reaffirms-clarifies-church-teachings-end-life-care
Cardinals urge Trump to step back from threats on Greenland and Venezuela: https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/dispatches/2026/01/19/cardinal-mcelroy-cupich-tobin-trump

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