Hurrying Death

A euthanasia Bill currently before the New Zealand Parliament is another step towards pandering to the darker side of human nature. Our Parliament has already authorised the killing of unwanted, unborn children of irresponsible men and women.

The latter law (with good intentions or not) allowed the medical profession a lot of wriggle room in deciding, in each case of requested abortion, whether the welfare of the pregnant woman or the child should come first. It is no secret that the law became liberally interpreted in favour of the woman on the flimsiest of grounds. Now there is lobbying for legalised abortion on demand.

The same will happen with euthanasia, in an increasingly selfish society, unless legislators see fit to reject this dangerous Private Member’s Bill.
Existing palliative care for the seriously sick or dying in New Zealand is sufficient to relieve their physical pain. We need better health care for the mentally ill rather than taking the easy way out of assisting them to die prematurely. Nor should the pressures of euthanasia legislation fall (whether intended or not) on the elderly or disabled.