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Pro-Life Views - Comparing Assisted Suicide and Adoption

Pro-life proponents are generally opposed to assisted suicide. One argument made is that suicide assistance is usually requested by a patient out of desperation and is unlikely to be desired by a patient who receives adequate services, counseling and pain management. The pro-life view is that compassion for the dying demands that we provide services, rather than provide opportunities for ending life. Instead of assisted suicide, pro-lifers are in favor of providing humane services for all people - neither the morality of these people nor whether they have planned and are financially prepared for an expensive elongated illness is a consideration.

Many people, especially in a society like that of the United States where profit often trumps humanity, may come to the conclusion that those who cannot care for themselves should be neglected or made to feel like a tremendous burden so they will “choose” suicide. Perhaps they will be lured by the incentive that they can help others through planned organ donation. Others may have their paperwork forged or a signature obtained through misrepresentation and fraud to get them out of the way.

Like the elderly or the infirm, young people who are just starting out or people who have experienced a layoff or some other setback may also benefit from compassionate assistance at times. An unexpected pregnancy may be a source of distress for those who want their child but wonder how they will be able to care for her. As with assisted suicide, there is a tendency for people to want to provide a quick “solution” that ignores their humanity.

In promoting the “option” of legal abandonment, the euphemism “adoption” is used. A form of “assisted suicide” - the killing off of their motherhood or fatherhood through the removal of their child - is often held out to parents as the only help available. Parents may be further lured by the promise of making someone else’s life better through child donation. Some parents may have the paperwork fraudulently handled to get them out of the way. Based on state laws, fathers frequently have their rights terminated for them before they even have a chance to establish paternity.

In reality, a mother is much more than someone who “just gives birth”. A child is a part of her family the way a person’s arm or leg is a part of her body. Just like it would be unconscionable to remove a living person’s arm, leg or vital organ to provide it to someone else, it is wrong to remove a baby from her family for use by someone else. Whether the recipient treats the baby well is of no consequence.

As with assisted suicide, the argument about the need for compassion should be used when an unexpected pregnancy occurs.

End-of-life arguments made by Pro-Lifers should also apply to unplanned pregnancy.

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