‘This is about killing people’: Leading voice against euthanasia warns of pro-euthanasia efforts

[Michie]

The director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) said during an appearance on EWTN News this week that Catholics must be “vocal” against efforts to expand assisted suicide, warning that the issue is “about killing people.”

EPC Executive Director Alex Schadenberg told “EWTN News Nightly” anchor Tracy Sabol on Tuesday that there are “20 states in the U.S. that are debating an assisted suicide bill.”

“This is their most active year ever and I think what they’re thinking is they’re unsure what’s going to happen in the election this year, so they’re pushing very hard in the states they hope to win in,” he said, naming Maryland, New York, and Massachusetts in particular.

“There’s several states where they’re pushing very hard, and they put a lot of money into this,” he said. “I’m really thinking that they’re absolutely convinced that Americans are ready for this.”

The Virginia Senate passed an assisted suicide bill last Friday, while Maryland has seen renewed interest with a bill called the End of Life Option Act. Other states considering assisted suicide this year include Arizona, Michigan, Kentucky, Tennessee, and North Carolina.

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Leading voice against euthanasia warns of pro-euthanasia efforts

“This is their most active year ever ... they’re pushing very hard in the states they hope to win in,” said Euthanasia Prevention Coalition director Alex Schadenberg.

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[Chrystal-J]

It always starts out that it will only be "for the terminally ill" who are close to death (still wrong), but then it spreads to other people who are just unhappy with their lives.

 

[RileyG]

It always starts out that it will only be "for the terminally ill" who are close to death (still wrong), but then it spreads to other people who are just unhappy with their lives.

Agreed. Praying for an end to the culture of death.