Perspective: It’s Time to Hold the Line Against the Culture of Death

Perspective: It’s Time to Hold the Line Against the Culture of Death

(Dr. Robert George / Deseret News) – Twenty years ago, Terri Schiavo, a severely disabled woman reliant on hospital care and a feeding tube, died when her husband made the decision to deny her nutrition and hydration. Schiavo’s natal family did everything they could to prevent her from being starved to death in her hospital bed. President George W. Bush, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and countless others across the country advocated on her behalf and so…

Perspective: It’s time to hold the line against the culture of death

(Desert News) – Behind the veneer of “freedom of choice,” there is an ideology that distinguishes those “worthy of life” from those whose lives allegedly “aren’t worth living.” Whether it is communicated explicitly or only hinted at, the elderly and suffering are being encouraged to think of themselves as burdens — on society, on caregivers, on their families. The suggestion, sometimes subtle and sometimes anything but subtle, is that voluntaril…