Rally on Parliament Hill on February 27, 11 am-12 noon - opposing euthanasia for mental illness.

 Rally on Parliament Hill on February 27, 11 am-12 noon            

   opposing  euthanasia for mental illness                                          

 Organized by Euthanasia Prevention Coalition 

and Campaign Life Coalition

https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/

 

Marlene and I were able to attend                         

After mass Tuesday, Monique, Marlene, Danielle, Jackie and I prayed the Holy Face devotion prayers before Jesus,. present in the 

Blessed Sacrament💓

Afterward, Marlene and I headed downtown

Among the Speakers were

*  Lia Milousis 

*  Dr Paul Saba - a Family Physician from Montreal 

*  Alex Schadenberg - Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition.

About Lia 

Watch these two Videos 

What a missionary disciple!!!

https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2024/02/euthanasia-prevention-coalition-says.html

Lia age 12

We arrived a little late so we missed

 hearing some of the speakers

 

Alex Schadenberg

Euthanasia Prevention Coalition

I missed Lia's presentation so I hung around afterward 

and I was able to record her being interviewed

(sixty-second clip below )

The entire interview is below.  

The sound isn't great because of the background noise 

and the wind

Lia and Marge Mountain

We thank you Almighty Father for the gift of life, for your Goodness and Mercy, 

For the unconditional love, you have for each one of us. 

You are with us always, in our joys and in our sorrows and you will never abandon us. 

To your little ones who with a sad and heavy heart feel lost and alone, depressed, suffering from addictions and mental illness, we ask you to send earthly angels to help ease their burdens and to give them the Hope they seek and for which they so desperately need

We pray for our doctors and all health care workers that they never forget that they are chosen by You, Almighty God to be ministers of Your healing Power and that they always choose life for the men, women and children: the souls entrusted to them by You Heavenly Father.

We pray for our politicians and lawmakers that they humble themselves before You!

And we ask this through Jesus Christ Your Son and through the Power of the Holy Spirit

Amen

Euthanasia Prevention Coalition: What Euthanasia Has Done to Canada

Euthanasia Prevention Coalition: What Euthanasia Has Done to Canada:

Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Alex Schadenberg

Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition.

The New York Times published an opinion column by Ross Douthat on December 3, 2022 titled: What Euthanasia Has Done to Canada.

Douthat begins by writing about the pro-euthanasia ad by Simons, a Canadian fashion designer, and retailer. Douthat states:

In an interview quoted in Canada's National Post, the chief merchant of Simons stated that the film was "obviously not a commercial campaign." Instead, it was a signifier of a public-spirited desire to "build the communities that we want to live in tomorrow, and leave to our children." 

For those communities and children, the video’s message is clear: They should believe in the holiness of euthanasia.

In recent years, Canada has established some of the world’s most permissive euthanasia laws, allowing adults to seek either physician-assisted suicide or direct euthanasia for many different forms of serious suffering, not just terminal diseases. In 2021, over 10,000 people ended their lives this way, just over 3 percent of all deaths in Canada. A further expansion, allowing euthanasia for mental health conditions, will go into effect in March 2023; permitting euthanasia for “mature” minors is also being considered.

The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition has been urging its supporters to boycott Simons. 

Douthat asks the states that the advance of euthanasia presents a different question: What if a society remains liberal but ceases to be civilized? Douthat continues:

The rules of civilization necessarily include gray areas. It is not barbaric for the law to acknowledge hard choices in end-of-life care, about when to withdraw life support or how aggressively to manage agonizing pain.

It is barbaric, however, to establish a bureaucratic system that offers death as a reliable treatment for suffering and enlists the healing profession in delivering this “cure.” And while there may be worse evils ahead, this isn’t a slippery slope argument: When 10,000 people are availing themselves of your euthanasia system every year, you have already entered the dystopia.

Douthat then comments on the concept of euthanasia as a human right.

The idea that human rights encompass a right to self-destruction, the conceit that people in a state of terrible suffering and vulnerability are really “free” to make a choice that ends all choices, the idea that a healing profession should include death in its battery of treatments — these are inherently destructive ideas. Left unchecked, they will forge a cruel brave new world, a dehumanizing final chapter for the liberal story.

Douthat acknowledges that there are Liberals who oppose euthanasia but he suggests that a potent Conservatism is needed to prevent euthanasia from spreading. He writes:

Yes, there are liberals, Canadian and American, who can see what’s wrong with euthanasia. Yes, the most explicit cheerleading for quietus can still inspire backlash: Twitter reactions to the Simons video have been harsh, and it’s vanished from the company’s website.

But without a potent conservatism, the cultural balance tilts too much against these doubts.

Conservatism is not required to oppose euthanasia but we need to call it what it is. Calling euthanasia MAiD takes away the reality that euthanasia is an act of killing. You don't need to be religious or Conservative to oppose killing.