Here's today's Washington Watch Daily commentary from FRC Radio:
In the assisted suicide debate, pro-lifers are grieving the loss of a big ally. Last week, the American Association of Hospice and Palliative Medicine released a statement on euthanasia that pro-lifers are calling a grave mistake. After years of opposing doctor-assisted suicide, the association announced that from now on, it’ll be “neutral” on the issue. For a group that was founded to promote dying with dignity, the announcement runs counter to everything they stand for. After all, doctors shouldn’t be licensed to kill, but to cure. Some are calling the new policy “cowardly,” especially since it gives members the permission to practice euthanasia without punishing them for it. If the group was founded to respect life, they should respect it to the very end. Otherwise, it’s a slippery slope for a community called to “do no harm.” In the end, hospice was created to help end pain—not lives. And as the association should know, a person’s last “rights” should include life.
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