Assisted Suicide is such a hit with our northern neighbors that they’re now considering including kids.
To our north, reality increasingly resembles science fiction. This month the AP reported on several Canadians who were either euthanized or pressured to consider euthanasia under Canada’s recently liberalized assisted suicide law. One man with a degenerative brain disorder was reportedly told it would cost “north of $1,500 a day” to keep him hospitalized and was asked if he “had an interest in assisted dying.” Another, a suicidal mental patient, requested and was granted aid in dying, supposedly for a “hearing condition.” A third, a 41-year-old with ALS, was euthanized after he failed to raise enough money for medical equipment that would help him stay at home with his son. Each case is representative of the fruits of Canada’s “death with dignity” campaign.
Last year, more than 10,000 people died by euthanasia in Canada, which accounts for more than 3 percent of the total deaths recorded nationally in 2021. Of the 10,000 Canadians who killed themselves with the help of a medical professional, 219 did not have a terminal diagnosis.
The right to kill yourself in Canada was discovered by liberal jurists in 2016. In 2014, the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association alleged that the national ban on euthanasia violated the country’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Canadian supreme court agreed, and in 2016 struck down a national law that deemed assisted suicide a form of homicide.
The court gave parliament one year to enact enabling legislation. Its initial law required patients to have a terminal illness to qualify, but a provincial court struck down that requirement in 2019 after another activist lawsuit. The national and provincial governments declined to appeal the ruling, prompting parliament to pass Bill C-7, making any adult with a serious illness or disability with the capacity to make informed decisions eligible for voluntary lethal injection. It also established an “expert review panel” to study whether mental patients and “mature minors” should be made eligible for assisted suicide in the future.
Hmmm. I wonder what that “expert panel” will find.
Here’s the thing, once you refuse to accept that life is priceless, you’re just haggling over the cost.
Unmoored from Christianity, we are adrift. The Church is the north star we must guide ourselves by but we’d rather pretend there’s no light.
Update: Also, is there anyone else who’s concerned about the classification of a “mature minor.” What other activities would be legal with such a “mature minor?” Hmmmm…
