When Does the Right to Suicide Become an Obligation to Die?

Eric Metaxas with the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview has released a chilling commentary on the expansion of assisted-suicide in Europe and in the U.S.

Metaxas cites multiple examples, including a clinic in the Netherlands that “euthanized 11 people in 2012 whose ‘only complaint was being “tired of living.”‘”

Assisted suicide is no stranger in the U.S., either. Under the auspices of “death with dignity,” assisted suicide and euthanasia movements have made headway in some parts of our country in recent years.

The underlying problem with physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia is they both violate human dignity and the sanctity of human life. As Thomas Jefferson wrote many years ago, “the god who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time.” Moreover, scripture makes it clear time and time again: God gives life, and we do not have a right to take our own lives any more than we have a right to take the life of another person.

What’s more, the “right” to suicide has a sinister habit of turning into an obligation to die.

You can listen to Metaxas’ full commentary below–or click here to read it.

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Former Technician: Abortion Clinic Failed to Obtain Consent for “Tissue Procurement”

Two weeks ago the Center for Medical Progress released a video featuring Holly O’Donnell, a former tissue procurement technician who worked in Planned Parenthood clinics in California. The video is part of a series revealing how Planned Parenthood receives money for “donating” aborted fetal remains to researchers.

This week the Center for Medical Progress has released a new video in which O’Donnell describes how Planned Parenthood obtains aborted fetal tissue for researchers. In some cases, she says, the clinic at which she was assigned failed to obtain proper consent from the women.

O’Donnell says, (more…)