Canadian Euthanasia: The Slippery Slope to Hell

 

Canada and Euthanasia: the Slippery Slope

by Pastor Terry L. Reese; Valley GBC of Armagh, PA; 7/16/23

 

Various nations in today’s world (including some regions of the United States) allow for the terrible assault upon human dignity know as euthanasia (“good death”)—but none more controversially than Canada, our neighbor in the Great White North. In a mere seven years since the implementation of its euthanasia policy, Canada’s socialistic government has unleashed a national catastrophe of the highest magnitude. Let the tragic Canadian experience serve as a sober warning unto others: the threat of the “slippery slope” is not an exercise in vain alarmism; rather, it is a very REAL concern!

 

1.     2015: Siding with “civil liberties” groups, Canada’s Supreme Court declares that prohibiting assisted suicide/euthanasia deprives citizens of their freedom, dignity, and autonomy— and gives Parliament a year to draft appropriate legislation.

 

2.     2016: Canadian law legalizes euthanasia for adults (18+), provided that certain criteria are met: candidates must have a serious and advanced physical condition causing intense suffering, leading to an anticipated impending death.

 

3.     2021: The law was amended, allowing those who are NOT considered terminal to be euthanized, permitting the murder of individuals who have decades of potential-life left within them. Under today’s law, any adult with some sort of serious physical illness or disability can apply for euthanization.

 

4.     2024: Legislators are presently working to establish and implement guidelines for next year to allow people to be killed for mental health reasons. They are also further considering extending euthanasia “treatment” to include “mature” minor children who meet the same requirements as adult applicants.

 

The human cost: The number of Canadians euthanized has risen steadily (1/3 increase each year since implementation; in 2022 some 13,500 (est.) were killed. Common concerns: lack of accountability to the public; coercion by healthcare managers pressuring patients to choose death; a disproportionate threat to the vulnerable (e.g., the poor & those with mental health issues); a promotion of the terrible message that the disabled are living lives “not worth living” and are thus “better-off DEAD”...