Active Euthanasia in America: The Domino Falls

While I absolutely reject the widespread opinion that religious views should be kept out of public health care ethics and policy-making, that secular themes (beneficence, autonomy, justice, honesty) only should be introduced into such discussions, nevertheless, since the water is now over the dam, active euthanasia moves have won such support. I believe that their impact will only be lessened by active debate and research of those questions which the public, law makers and the media, will accept. Thus, in what follows. I have raised simply those concerns pertaining to the best interests of the nation and health care. If it can be shown that seniors will be worse off, subject to more dangers, by this legal change, (as I think they will be), then it might be possible to delay some aspects of the legislation. Appeals to “God's laws” or the “sanctity of life” will have little weight, I believe.