Culture Of Life 101 . . . “The Third Time Around: The History Of Euthanasia In The United States” (Conclusion)
By BRIAN CLOWES (Editor’s Note: Brian Clowes has been director of research and training at Human Life International since 1995. For an electronic copy of chapter 23 of The Facts of Life, “Euthanasia,” e-mail him at bclowes@hli.org.) + + + The pro-euthanasia movement in the United States is led by judges who have enacted a succession of legal principles in order to expand the pool of people eligible to be killed. This process began with the doctrine of substituted judgment, the expansion of the right to privacy into a “super-right,” the classification of food and water as “extraordinary,” and the suppression of the conscience rights of medical professionals who oppose euthanasia. All that remained was to build on this foundation…Continue Reading