When physician-assisted suicide is an option, there are fewer incentives to pursue ethical alternatives in end-of-life care. Physician-assisted suicide is not just a threat to individual patients. It is like Pandora’s Box: Once it’s open, it’s nearly impossible to contain its negative effects. Once our culture grants the premise of physician-assisted suicide—that some lives are more valuable than others—we begin our descent down a slippery slope. Other countries that have legalized physician-assisted suicide paint a dreary picture.
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Maine’s Adoption of Physician-Assisted Suicide Accelerates an Ominous Trend | The Heritage Foundation
When physician-assisted suicide is an option, there are fewer incentives to pursue ethical alternatives in end-of-life care. Physician-assisted suicide is not just a threat to individual patients. It is like Pandora’s Box: Once it’s open, it’s nearly impossible to contain its negative effects. Once our culture grants the premise of physician-assisted suicide—that some lives are more valuable than others—we begin our descent down a slippery slope. Other countries that have legalized physician-assisted suicide paint a dreary picture.
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