PART 5
By
Kelleigh Nelson
April 10, 2013
NewsWithViews.com
April 10, 2013
NewsWithViews.com
"...
we must be wary of those who are too willing to end the lives of the elderly
and the ill. If we ever decide that a poor quality of life justifies ending
that life, we have taken a step down a slippery slope that places all
of us in danger. There is a difference between allowing nature to take
its course and actively assisting death. The call for euthanasia surfaces
in our society periodically, as it is doing now under the guise of "death
with dignity" or assisted suicide. Euthanasia is a concept, it seems
to me, that is in direct conflict with a religious and ethical tradition
in which the human race is presented with " a blessing and a curse,
life and death," and we are instructed '...therefore, to choose life."
I believe 'euthanasia' lies outside the commonly held life-centered values
of the West and cannot be allowed without incurring great social and personal
tragedy. This is not merely an intellectual conundrum. This issue involves
actual human beings at risk..." —C. Everett Koop, M.D.
* *taken from the book KOOP, The Memoirs of America's Family Doctor by
C. Everett Koop, M.D., Random House, 1991
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