Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Let's Talk More About The Right To Live


Here's a good piece pushing back against the pro-deathers in Canada.
Derek Miedema: My right to live trumps your right to die
Letter-writer Anneke Jansen thinks her two severely disabled sons would be better off dead (Bring An End To My Children’s ‘So-Called’ Life, Nov. 23). I give thanks every day that my disabled twin brother is alive.
 Due to complications at birth, he is still in diapers and fed via a feeding tube even though he’s 39. He gets around in a wheelchair only when pushed by someone else. He can’t talk, and yet, he has taught me more about what it means to be human than anyone else I know. 
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