Is It 'Dignified' to Choose Death?

By Rod Anderson, CP Cartoonist Monday, August 03, 2015

A few weeks ago, I told you on BreakPoint that the Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized same-sex marriage, had placed our culture on a well-greased slope. All that was lacking, I said, was for someone to give it a push.

Well, the pushing has begun in earnest.

Earlier this month, the Washington, D.C. City Council held hearings on the "Death With Dignity Act," which was introduced by council member Mary Cheh. Despite the positive-sounding title, the bill would make assisted suicide legal in the nation's capital.

Under the bill, a person with a terminal diagnosis of six or less months can, upon the confirmation of two doctors, obtain a lethal dose of drugs, which they could then administer to themselves.