HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEK: A Call For Lawmakers To Heed Warnings From Canada
This review of Liz Carr's documentary, Better Off Dead?, discusses the inevitable slippery slope of assisted suicide as well as its public glorification. The author commends this powerful documentary for all who may support assisted suicide.
Disability Advocates Fight Against Assisted Suicide
"Authorizing the policy could expose patients to coercion and abuse. Disability advocacy groups warn of a slippery slope — arguing that authorizing assisted death for terminally-ill patients is 'just another incremental step to make non-terminal disabled people eligible for this as has happened in Canada and much of Europe,' John Kelly of Second Thoughts Massachusetts said."
Doctors Stand Against Harmful Assisted Suicide Practice
"The phenomenon of the slippery slope is, in large part, the expectable consequence of “normalizing” or naturalizing the physician’s direct or indirect killing of the patient via euthanasia or PAS, respectively. The more widely these acts are performed, the easier it becomes to mischaracterize them as forms of 'medical care.'"
Wesley Smith writes, "Allowing euthanasia and/or assisted suicide unleashes drastic desires in suffering individuals and allows deadly, socially sanctioned actions that would have been unthinkable before doctor-administered or prescribed death became legalized and normalized."
If you’re in crisis, there are options available to help you cope. You can call or text the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at any time to connect with a trained crisis counselor. For confidential support available 24/7 for everyone in the U.S., call or text 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org.
