Word: euthanasias
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Died. Charles Francis Potter, 76, founder of the First Humanist Society of New York, a onetime Baptist minister who believed that the true savior was man instead of God. crusaded nationwide for birth control and euthanasia; of cancer; in Manhattan...
Aside from the early euthanasia, the season will be remembered most for its emphasis on public-affairs programs, which did relatively well while doing good...
...very old to the acute discomfort of a serious operation or of feeding by intravenous drip would seem to be morally wrong. Such means should be used only where there is reasonable hope of recovery or where some benefit of happiness is conferred on the patient." Out and out euthanasia, said Bishop Mortimer, is no longer "a live issue" in Britain, but doctors are certainly justified in relieving their old patients' suffering, even if this should hasten death...
...from the Nazis and continued in a voice shaking with emotion: "All that was torture for me. But I had to tell myself that Christians in other times have experienced similar torture and have not tossed Romans 13 overboard. The turning point came for me when the business of euthanasia for so-called worthless life and the gassing of Jews became apparent...
...Would you object to legalized euthanasia ("mercy killing") on religious grounds...