Comments on: Wesley J. Smith: Will Progressives Require Doctors to Kill?

By: M. Stankovich

M. Stankovich — Mon, 21 Sep 2015 14:19:33 +0000

Generally speaking, I respect Wesley Smith; he kind of grows on you after awhile. Nevertheless, when he gets on to topics such as these, he seriously underestimates the actual inclination of US physicians to submit to mandates - be they from professional organizations, specialty boards, etc. who are supposedly prepared to impose participation, or to remove the "conscience clause" from US physicians regarding physician-assisted suicide & euthanasia. According to the 2015 Medscape.com Ethical Survey of participating US physicians, >65% indicated the only impediment preventing their participation in assisted suicide is the legal prohibition. Does this necessarily suggest a tremendous influx in participating practitioners? I seriously doubt it. Secondly, mandatory imposition of anything upon physicians - particularly the imposition of death in the form of euthanasia - would result in such an uncontrollable backlash. And while some fool-hardy may persist, when the dust has settled, the only referrals they are ever likely to receive (the "life-blood of thriving medical practice") will be from their move to Canada. My point: However you might envision the US medical system, it is first & foremost the most ethical and moral system in the world, and will not be turned or legislated by immorality.

By: Gregory Manning

Gregory Manning — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 04:10:58 +0000

OK. OK. “society’s”. So spell-check was right and I was wrong….that time.

By: Gregory Manning

Gregory Manning — Sun, 13 Sep 2015 23:30:23 +0000

No doubt the problem will get worse (for the government and societies elites) when an increasing number of undesirable citizens refuse to exercise their “right to die with dignity”.

The foolish advocates for this evil should keep in mind Chesterton’s observation “that the devil is a liar, and more especially a traitor; that he is more dangerous to his friends than his foes.” I fear many who expected this barbarity to be only used against the weak and undesirable may be horrified when it is used against them and they have no where to hide. Of course, if you don’t believe in the devil….