Legacy Matters

Little mercy and a slow death

"The question of dying deserves more attention, " writes Janet Albrecht in the Australian. 

The sad life and slow death of Maria Korp, the mother of two children, who was left for dead in the truck of her car after being strangled by her husband's mistress.  She left no instructions and her legal guardian has decided to remove her feeding tube. 

There's little mercy when the state chooses to inflict a slow death

Society's hypocrisy on this front is even starker when you consider abortion. The law allows for a woman to take the life of a healthy unborn child. But the law does not allow a terminally ill person to decide to bring their own life to an end. That moral inconsistency is explained by nothing more than the power of the lobby. Abortion attracts a loud voice from the living. Euthanasia is an issue for the dying. Count the votes. When was the last time you heard a mainstream politician talk about resolving some of these moral inconsistencies?