I have been thinking about this all day, and this is what I have concluded as of now. I could change my mind, being a woman, you know.
If I decide to hire a hit man to take out one of my children, shouldn’t I be punished? Murder is against the law, and I would be guilty, right?
Now, if I hire an abortionist to murder my unborn child, I should get a pass? I don’t think so! Does a father who doesn’t want his unborn child get a pass for kicking the mother in the belly until she miscarries?
The shame is that as a society, we now think we have a right to murder those unable to defend themselves., and that bothers me - that our shared cultural values have declined so much in the past 45/50 years.
I really do think that death panels are in the near future for our elderly and infirm, no matter how they or their families feel about it. That said, I have a living will with explicit instructions not to do all the crappy things they do to keep a terminal body alive, including CPR, intubation, tube feeding, etc.
This is a straight question that I’ve had to answer mores than once in life, but I’m asking you. No snark here. (I’m a man, by way of full disclosure, father of three daughters).
Should men just stay out of this debate altogether?