CCC 2282
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If suicide is committed with the intention of setting an example, especially to the young, it also takes on the gravity of scandal. Voluntary co-operation in suicide is contrary to the moral law. Grave psychological disturbances, anguish, or grave fear of hardship, suffering, or torture can diminish the responsibility of the one committing suicide.
Read the full chapter 2. You Shall Love Your Neighbor as Yourself ¶2196–2557
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- ¶2282 Questions(When the illness is in the mind
After a suicide Wanting to die)