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

Fidal 17 Mashiyyat 183 B.E.

The gates of Hell have opened wide to receive thee, O thou who hast turned away from thy Lord, the Unconstrained! Repair unto its fire, for it yearneth after thee.

Bahá’u’lláh – The Summons of the Lord of Hosts, p. 178