Will Euthanasia Culture Come to America?

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Coloradans will vote on an assisted suicide measure this November. Those who vote "Yes" are signing their own death warrants.

In a recent article at National Review Online, George Weigel tells a chilling story about just how far the culture of death has advanced in some parts of the West.

Three elderly parishioners at the Canadian church he attends during the summer were diagnosed with cancer. Now, that's bad enough. But what followed was even worse. The first thing they were asked after being told their diagnosis was, "Do you wish to be euthanized?"

While this story should upset us, it shouldn't shock us. Despite all the promises made by supporters of physician-assisted suicide, the so-called "safeguards" against pressuring vulnerable people to end their lives "have proved to be inadequate and have often been watered down or eliminated over time."

Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/will-the-right-to-die-become-a-duty-to-die-opinion-170851/#MfVfbAGwz4q0ZycU.99

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