Living will
From Bahai9
Left to the conscience of the individual whether or not to subscribe to a "living will"[edit]
"With reference to your letter of 1 July 1985, we are asked to say that, in general, our Teachings indicate that God, the Giver of life, can alone dispose of it as He deems best. The Universal House of Justice has found nothing in the Sacred Text about the matter of withholding or removing life support in disabling or terminal illnesses where intervention prolongs life. Therefore, until such time as the House of Justice considers legislation on these matters, it is left to the conscience of the individual concerned whether or not to subscribe to a 'living will'."
- (From a letter written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to a Local Spiritual Assembly, July 23, 1985, in Lights of Guidance, no. 987)
