Assisted suicide and euthanasia
Assisted suicide and euthanasia
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Beginning with the Netherlands, a growing number of jurisdictions around the world now permit forms of assisted suicide
‘We are most ourselves not when we seek to direct and control our destiny, but when we recognize and admit that our life is grounded in and sustained by God’
The drive to legalise euthanasia is not based on compassion for those suffering but a concern for autonomy
“If you don’t know where you are going, it’s sometimes helpful to know where you have been…” — William Temple
So many of us are afraid of death, and this fear seems to drive so much of the debate around dying
For many Christians assisted suicide seems like a compassionate choice
