Bahá’í Quotes

Life Support

On the question of removing life support in medical cases where physiological intervention prolongs life in disabling and otherwise fatal illnesses our Teachings indicate that God, the Giver of life, can alone dispose of it as He deems best, and nothing has been found in the Sacred Text on these matters specifically. Until such time as the Universal House of Justice considers legislation on euthanasia, decisions in the matters to which you refer must be left to the consciences of those responsible, within the limits prescribed by the law of the land.

- Universal House of Justice, Reproduction and other Biological Subjects, 2000

Quote of the Day

Kamal 1 Qudrat 182 B.E.

A chaste and holy life must be made the controlling principle in the behavior and conduct of all Bahá’ís.

Shoghi Effendi – The Advent of the Divine Justice, p. 29.