Right-to-Die Advocates Gather Support for Upcoming Bills - 13 Nov 2003
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...Right-to-die advocates are mustering as much support as they can for a series of euthanasia laws they hope to introduce in Congress soon. Pro-life activist Peggy Hartshorn of Heartbeat International laments the situation. She says in the same way that abortion advocates want a woman to be able to say that she will or will not allow a life to continue, "they want people at the end of life to also have that so-called 'right to privacy.'" Euthanasia supporters, she says, want individuals to be able to say "I do or do not want my life to continue at this point" -- or in the case of the family or the doctor, to say "I do or do not think this person should continue to life." The battle over whether a Florida woman, Terri Schiavo, who is being sustained by feeding tubes, should be allowed to live or be starved to death by court order is an example of the kind of issue in which Hartshorn expects to see pro-lifers involved in the years ahead. |