And it's back

Here's a debate that doesn't go away for long....
Let's kill people who are sick, disabled, less than perfect... they are an economic, emotional and resources drain...

Whoops sorry - it's about compassion and dignity.

While in some ways I am sure that some people who jump on the euthanasia bandwagon do so out of a basic premise of what they would term compassion, they seem to lack the ability to either extrapolate what they are advocating, or to learn from past history - or even current events.

What starts as 'let's only allow euthanasia to those who are in their last few weeks, and are in terrible pain', becomes - let's allow anyone who is suffering to get doctors to help them end their life. And then, just as happened in Holland, an otherwise healthy, 26 year old woman, suffering from depression, could ask her doctor to kill her - and he did.

Those who support euthanasia - also erroneously termed 'death with dignity' are in fact being incredibly insulting to those in our society who suffer from disabilities.

Their premise is that life is unbearable and not worth living once your body fails you to a point and you have the extreme indignity of others having to look after your bodily functions.

What message does this send to those who suffer disabilities and need personal care? Is their life inherently undignified and worth ending...? Are we suggesting it is perhaps immoral for those people NOT to choose to end their life because of the pressure they place on family and friends, and the time, money and energy needed to care for them?

This could be any of us, at any time. We are only one accident away from living this way. And it is inherently wrong for someone to suggest we would be better dead, than having someone clean us.