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 In his article "Joni Eareckson Tada on Suicide, Disability and Euthanasia," Josh Shepherd writes - "One woman who has long shared her own struggles with depression is unafraid to speak up [about suicide]. When she was a teenager, a diving accident left Joni Eareckson Tada paralyzed from the shoulders down. She struggled with thoughts of suicide until a desperate prayer, and the answers she sought, changed her outlook. "Yet few in our culture share her moral clarity. Proposals to legalize assisted suicide have been introduced in 20 states this year. Last week, leaders of the American Medical Association — gathered in Chicago, Illinois — voted not to affirm its existing policy against assisted suicide. Reached via phone at her headquarters near Los Angeles, Tada spoke about grappling honestly with deep pain and what happens when society devalues the life of people like her. "Tada: Jesus said in Matthew 16, 'What good does it do a man if he gains the whole world and yet loses his soul?' Right there, you've got a price tag put on a soul: the wealth of the entire world. This is what is missing in health care policy — the incredibly sacred, priceless value of life. Health care policy in years past used to always err on the side of life and not death. But that’s no longer true. Now it’s all about cost containment. Even the rationing of health care dollars is skewed toward the well-insured and the healthy — not on behalf of the elderly, the medically fragile or people with very severe disabilities." The infinite value of human life cannot be measured by cost-cutting measures. This is exactly what I've been saying and writing for years now. Christians must come together and protect the lives of the elderly, the disabled and the pre-born babies from the demonic, atheistic culture of death that is spreading across the globe. Get the whole story: read the full article & get our free weekly newsletter: subscribe below! |