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THE BATTLE AGAINST ASSISTED SUICIDE.
National Right to Life News
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January 01, 2003 |
Smith, Wesley J. |
COPYRIGHT 2003 National Right to Life Committee, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright
The struggle to prevent assisted suicide from becoming perceived as a legitimate, not to say legal medical treatment increased in intensity in the year 2002. Like most moral crises facing us, it looks to become even more pronounced in the coming years.
There was good and bad news last year: In the United States, the effort to legalize killing as an answer to human suffering gained not one inch in law. However, internationally the euthanasia winds increased to gale force as two nations - - the Netherlands and Belgium - - explicitly legalized euthanasia. This development kept euthanasia forces energized and hungry for more. Thus, if their dark agenda is going to be ...
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