By Dave Andrusko
NRLC President Carol Tobias
Today and tomorrow National Right to Life President and Pro-Life Perspective Host Carol Tobias talks about euthanasia. Her opening is so well-written and such an eye-opener, I hope you don’t mind if I quote the first two paragraphs in full.
“The fight over euthanasia has not been like the fight over abortion. Many members of the pro-life movement can recall exactly where they were and what they were doing when they heard about Roe v. Wade. In one calamitous stroke, the Supreme Court swept away the laws of all 50 states and overnight instituted the regime of abortion on demand. The tragedy was overwhelming, but – for that very reason – unmistakable, and the grim event sparked the outrage of millions of Americans. Galvanized, we built a movement whose work has now brought our country to the threshold of Roe’s reversal.
“But the progress of euthanasia has seen no such singular shattering event. Instead, the legalization and acceptance of euthanasia has proceeded slowly, step by step, in a sequence so gradual as almost to be imperceptible. However, since the inception of the pro-life movement in the late 1960s, we have been concerned that, alongside the horror of abortion, we would see society slide toward acceptance of euthanasia. And, as the media and others have concentrated on the abortion battle, a complacence has occurred in society and, as we look around we the barriers to euthanasia and assisted suicide toppling on every side.”
So how have we come to this point? That is the brunt of Mrs. Tobias’s look at this deeply troublesome trend which includes even the denial of the most basic of care, food and fluids. This is a particularly rich episode because she details the shifts along two axes: the degree of voluntariness and the methods by which a life is taken.
On Tuesday Mrs. Tobias takes up the actions that you can take “to protect ourselves, our loved ones, and our society from those who are seemingly obsessed with death. “
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