[surroundedbyblue]

Those who supported the assisted suicide of Brittany Maynard fail to see how, by undermining the value of human life, the precedent has now been set for the wholesale elimination of those who are sick, disabled, weak, and vulnerable. This is one example of the path we are taking. God help us.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Isn’t this what the Nazis did?

[ChildOfThe60s]

Slippery slope alert

[Fantasywriter]

She was so cute—just adorable:

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Nancy+Fitzmaurice&qs=n&form=QBIR&pq=nancy+fitzmaurice&sc=1-17&sp=-1&sk=#view=detail&id=2459672E09999E93403C9CDC65BE5E7324E0D9E6&selectedIndex=1

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Sumner? You still here? Here’s your ANSWER to assisted suicide, you Putz.

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

Interesting that a government can cut off food and water to a disabled person, yet cannot stomach cutting off aid to able-bodied persons on the government dole.

[ifinnegan]

And these monsters don’t murder in a painless manner, they use a long drawn out torture method of starving the child to death.

[Viennacon]

Ugh, may justice fall upon this nation soon

[DonaldC]

There is a difference between someone deciding on their own life and deciding on someone else, but I see your point.

[PistolPaknMama]

I can’t even get my brain around this. Dear God in Heaven.

[Alex Murphy]

Those who supported the assisted suicide of Brittany Maynard fail to see how, by undermining the value of human life, the precedent has now been set for the wholesale elimination of those who are sick, disabled, weak, and vulnerable. This is one example of the path we are taking. God help us.

If the church treats the low-functioning autistic person as only a disruption, as if the person is incapable of "getting anything" from attending church, the church has rendered an eternal judgment against them, declaring that the low-functioning disabled person lacks the (imagined) minimum level of physical/mental participation required in order to be forgiven/saved (Matthew 5:22b).

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[editor-surveyor]

The death culture marches on...
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[Nifster]

Both cases are outrageous. Maynard’s in particular. Just because the docs say you are terminal does not guarantee that it is imminent (since after all we are all terminal are we not?). Maynard gave up and didn’t want to do the hard healing work that comes after chemo and radiation ‘treatments’.

[Disambiguator]

the precedent has now been set for the wholesale elimination of those who are sick, disabled, weak, and vulnerable.

Let's not forget Christians, Jews, and conservatives in general. Especially those nasty gun owners.

[cherry]

we might as well close down the hospitals.....if you have cancer, you have no hope so why bother..

[sinsofsolarempirefan]

I don’t know. Reading about this it becomes apparent that the little girl was in agony despite pain meds being pumped into her, but the way she died was horrible. If they are going to let people die, they could at least give them a lethal injection, instead of this depriving them of fluids as if doing that means that it is any less killing someone.

[Mortimer St. Hubbins]

surroundedbyblue,

America started heading down this slippery slope decades before Brittany Maynard. We are reaping the fruits of legalized abortion and secular education. We are living in a post-Christian society.