Christians who take the Bible seriously--and that definitely does not include all who call themselves by that name!--take life seriously at all ends of the stick: before birth, at birth and from there all the way to old age. Life is ours to receive, not to take. That's God's prerogative. That is the principle held by them since the dawn of the Way.
Unfortunately, in our secular age of liberalism and most other kinds of -isms, life is under threat. Governments and medicals in the Western world are all ganging up on the vulnerable. We've had abortion for a long time. Then came assisted suicide for the aged and sick. And now we've arrived at children. It just goes on and on and on.... The holocaust was a horrendous attack on human life. The Soviets and Chinese have had their horrible bashes. We in the West have outdone them all with our abortion where year upon year millions are aborted in country after country. But it still isn't good enough. Now we're after living children.
Please read the following from the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (Canada):
Unfortunately, in our secular age of liberalism and most other kinds of -isms, life is under threat. Governments and medicals in the Western world are all ganging up on the vulnerable. We've had abortion for a long time. Then came assisted suicide for the aged and sick. And now we've arrived at children. It just goes on and on and on.... The holocaust was a horrendous attack on human life. The Soviets and Chinese have had their horrible bashes. We in the West have outdone them all with our abortion where year upon year millions are aborted in country after country. But it still isn't good enough. Now we're after living children.
Please read the following from the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (Canada):
Canada legalized euthanasia and assisted suicide (known as MAiD - so-called “medical assistance in dying”) on June 17, 2016. The law requires persons to be at least 18 years old and have a condition where “natural death is reasonably foreseeable.”
Soon after legalization, the Canadian government announced that the Council of Canadian Academies would examine extending euthanasia to children, people who are incompetent but have made an advanced request, and people with mental illness.
Last October, the Canadian Paediatric Society published a study examining euthanasia for teens, young children, and newborns. This study seemed designed to open the door to euthanasia for children.
Now the Biennial Provincial Symposium on Paediatric Palliative Care (at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto on April 25) will feature a break-out session titled: “Developing a policy on Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) for Paediatric Patients” followed by wine and cheese.
Has the Council of Canadian Academies already decided to extend euthanasia to paediatric patients? Has the Canadian Paediatric Society decided that euthanasia will be extended to children and newborns, using this Symposium to develop a policy for when the killing begins?
Why are they so interested in euthanasia for children? Children can’t choose and their autonomy is questionable.
This is not about a “slippery slope” but rather an incredibly fast incremental extension of euthanasia. The law is not concerned with choice and autonomy but the rules that the doctor should follow before performing the act. Whether it is incompetent or competent people, or children, lethal injection is what it is and the decision is made by the doctor. Choice and autonomy are only slogans for selling the act.
We oppose euthanasia for children!
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