Euthanasia Is A Step Too Far

There is a danger that elderly people will come under pressure to opt for euthanasia.
The pressure may come from relatives who have a financial interest in shuffling the old people out of the way.
It may come from doctors or health services because they do not wish to have the elderly taking up hospital space.
It may come from the characteristic reluctance of the elderly to be a nuisance.
Euthanasia may be regarded as the right and unselfish thing for them to do.
In these circumstances, assisted suicide is not a fully voluntary act.
Death itself has a certain fascination which can be fatally attractive, particularly to depressives and adolescents.
If people who already have a hankering to end their own lives are exposed to pro-suicide propaganda, some of them are likely to commit the final act.
The suicide of a child is one of the most tragic things than can happen to a family.
If suicide is presented as admirable then it will become more frequent.
This could trigger a chain of suicides among teenagers, assisted or unassisted.
The UK already has one of the highest rates of teenage suicides in the world.
We have seen how abortion has become commonplace.
Society would be damaged if assisted suicide became as common as abortions.
Liberalism always has a next step they want society to take.
It will be a step too far.
They allow the murder of unborn babies.
They must not allow the murder of elderly people.