This is an excellent letter out of Canada where the assisted suicide debate is raging because of the current Carter court case that could legalize assisted suicide throughout Canada. This moving letter, written by Derek Meidema and printed in the National Post today, discusses the pressure to die that legalized assisted suicide puts on the sick and disabled. It further explains the reality that legalized euthanasia will kill many disabled and sick individuals without their consent, citing trends in Belgium, Switzerland and Netherlands as evidence. View the full letter titled, My Right to Live Trumps Your Right to Die, here http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/11/28/derek-miedema-my-right-to-live-trumps-your-right-to-die/
Citizens Against Assisted Suicide
Suicide is never death with dignity, and assisted suicide legislation threatens true patient choices at the end of life.