Posted on 10/07/2016 2:38:44 PM PDT by NYer
.- An 81-year-old walking into a tattoo shop may sound like the start of a joke, but to Christine Nagel, her new ink is no laughing matter.
The Calgary grandmother recently had the words “Don’t euthanize me” tattooed on her arm.
“It’s drastic, but this very clearly says, ‘I’m going to live until God’s ready for me’,” she told Canadian news outlet, Globalnews.ca.
A devout Christian, Nagel opposes assisted suicide, which was legalized in Canada this summer. It is already legal in several other European countries.
In the U.S., a handful of states currently allow for assisted suicide, and numerous states have seen legislative pushes to legalize it in the past year. The citizens of Colorado will vote next month on a ballot measure proposing the legalization of assisted suicide.
The Catholic Church opposes all forms of suicide as violating the inherent dignity of human life. Catholic teaching supports palliative care and other options to alleviate suffering without killing a human person.
Critics of assisted suicide laws say they send the message to society that suicide is an acceptable way to handle suffering, and that they are ripe for abuse, from financially motivated killings and lack of consent to lethal pills changing hands.
Disability rights groups have argued that legalizing assisted suicide discriminates against the disabled and elderly, pressuring them to end their lives. They also note that the majority of patients who request assisted suicide withdraw that request when treated for depression, a statistic recognized by the Supreme Court.
To Nagel, assisted suicide can all too quickly come to be viewed as an easy way out, preferable over caring for the sick and elderly.
“All these old people are darned expensive to look after. And they’re cranky. And they’re messy. And you can’t help thinking, ‘This would be a really good solution’.”
She lamented the lack of respect for life, and said that she does not want anyone interfering with God’s plan for her own life.
“How would you feel if you turned up at the gates, and St. Peter got out the book and said, ‘Just a minute – we weren’t expecting you for another 18 months’?” she joked.
Nagel’s children respect her decision and will honor her intentions.
“She doesn’t want to be thrown away,” her daughter Juliana told Globalnews.ca.
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Catholic ping!
God will, not might, provide the resources to do what is right.
I was talking to some nurses and said that I was going to have a big “Do Not Resuscitate” on my chest.
They laughed and said it would not matter. If Emergency responds, they will try to resuscitate.
If you crash in the O.R., they will try to resuscitate you.
I have not been able to get a clear answer on just when they will not try to resuscitate you.
Anyone know for sure?
I think there has to be one pasted over the bed by legal doctor’s orders.
That’s the pro-life way to go. If in doubt, do.
Half of Belgium’s euthanasia nurses admit to killing without consent
By Simon Caldwell for MailOnline
09 Jun 2010
EXCERPT:
A high proportion of deaths classed as euthanasia in Belgium involved patients who did not ask for their lives to be ended, a study found.
More than 100 nurses admitted to researchers that they had taken part in ‘terminations without request or consent’.
Although euthanasia is legal in Belgium, it is governed by strict rules which state it should be carried out only by a doctor and with the patient’s permission.
The disturbing revelation - which shows that nurses regularly go well beyond their legal role - raises fears that were assisted suicides allowed in Britain, they could never be properly regulated.
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It is likely many nurses ‘ under-reported’ their involvement for fear of admitting an illegal activity, the study said.
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Last night, Dr Peter Saunders, director of the Care Not Killing campaign in Britain, said: ‘We should take a warning from this that wherever you draw the line, people will go up to it and beyond it.’
‘Once you have legalised voluntary euthanasia, involuntary euthanasia will inevitably follow,’ he added.
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Proper labeling is always wise.
Lawyers.
Canada is a European Country?
Only the one in charge at the time.
God bless this lady!
Hopefully it isn’t in cursive script or some of the nurses may not be able to read it.
“Has a “Don’t Euthanize Me’’ Tattoo. ‘’Has’’. not ‘’got’’.
My husband and I have been caring for his 102 year old mother for the last 5 years. She’s a spunky lady, has stories like you can’t believe, and we’ve enjoyed having her with us. We are planning a move as we’ve both retired and will have to let her stay in a nursing home for a few months as we tidy up our current place to sell, find a new place in our retirement area, and get a new house ready with lifts, etc. Messy and tedious, yes, but for God’s sake, she is our family. I pray she lives through the trauma of a nursing home for a couple of months so we can all be back together in our new locale.
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