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DEATH AS A SALESMAN VIDEO WORKS TO CHANGE MINDS.(pro life movement video recording about assisted suicide)(Brief Article)
On November 7, while the nation's attention focused on election returns in Florida, an issue that was perhaps as great in importance was being decided in Maine. "Question 1" on the Maine ballot would have legalized "physician help in dying," a euphemism for physician-assisted suicide.
Early polls had indicated the measure had the support of more than 70% of the electorate. However, by election night that sizeable lead had vanished. In a dramatic turnabout, just over 51% of Maine voters decided that it would not be good to legalize euthanasia after all.
A dynamic team and diverse efforts were involved in the "No on 1" victory. But one dramatic tool that clearly had an impact in educating the church-going public as well as the public at large was the new educational video, DEATH AS A SALESMAN: What's Wrong With Assisted Suicide. Based on the book of the same title written by Brian Johnston, western regional director of National Right to Life, the video is an incisive and dramatically effective documentary on the dangers of legalizing assisted suicide.
In addition to being shown in more than 600 Maine churches, the educational video was also broadcast over several cable access channels. "Many good people, even church-going Christians, are misled by the emotional arguments used by euthanasia advocates," said Jenny Nolan, legislative assistant for NRLC's Department of Medical Ethics, who worked closely with "NO on 1" Committee. "Mr. Johnston's video was a dramatic tool that informed and animated thousands to oppose the siren's song of euthanasia."
The video was filmed throughout the world, and includes compelling interviews with Joni Eareckson Tada, a famous disability rights ...
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