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***"… Many of the people who oppose assisted suicide and who care for the weakest and most vulnerable and overlooked — the sick, the handicapped, the elderly, the poor — were called to their work by the dictates of their faith. But religion does not have to be your reason to say no to suicide. Solidarity with all who suffer might be one reason; vigilant protection of the vulnerable might be another. It’s not just those of deep religious faith who are sounding alarms about our growing culture of death.
Tippets died on March 22, just days before Maynard would posthumously testify, in the California statehouse via a video that assisted-suicide activists had made before her death, in favor of legislation that would bring assisted suicide to the Golden State.
But is more suicide something we really need?
Suicide is a “public-health crisis” in the United States, Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, an associate professor of psychiatry at the University of California Irvine School of Medicine, wrote recently. “According to the Centers for Disease Control, suicide is currently the third leading cause of death among adolescents and young adults and the 10th leading cause of death overall for individuals over the age of 10,” his article for the Catholic journal First Things stated.
Kheriaty points out that in Oregon, where physician-assisted suicide has been legal since 1997, suicide rates are now 35 percent higher than the national average.
“Refusing to legitimate suicide helps those in need,” Dr. Kheriaty writes. “The practice of physician-assisted suicide — by whatever name one calls it — sends a message that some lives are not worth living … this message will be heard by everyone who is afflicted by suicidal thoughts or tendencies.”***
Suicide is Never Painless
stream.org/suicide-never-painless/
Tippets died on March 22, just days before Maynard would posthumously testify, in the California statehouse via a video that assisted-suicide activists had made before her death, in favor of legislation that would bring assisted suicide to the Golden State.
But is more suicide something we really need?
Suicide is a “public-health crisis” in the United States, Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, an associate professor of psychiatry at the University of California Irvine School of Medicine, wrote recently. “According to the Centers for Disease Control, suicide is currently the third leading cause of death among adolescents and young adults and the 10th leading cause of death overall for individuals over the age of 10,” his article for the Catholic journal First Things stated.
Kheriaty points out that in Oregon, where physician-assisted suicide has been legal since 1997, suicide rates are now 35 percent higher than the national average.
“Refusing to legitimate suicide helps those in need,” Dr. Kheriaty writes. “The practice of physician-assisted suicide — by whatever name one calls it — sends a message that some lives are not worth living … this message will be heard by everyone who is afflicted by suicidal thoughts or tendencies.”***
Suicide is Never Painless
stream.org/suicide-never-painless/
