Fighting the Culture of Death, One Katie At a Time | Michael Coren | CWR
As Belgium and other countries embrace euthanasia for children, Catholics must stand up for the most vulnerable among us.
Belgium is a troubled country on any number of levels. Its unity has been tenuous for decades, it is increasingly challenged by an Islamic immigrant community that rejects European virtues, and just like its neighbor, Holland, it is clumsily eager to embrace the latest in eugenics and social engineering. Only last month the Belgian Federal Parliament seriously considered legalizing euthanasia for children and it now appears it is “about to expand its controversial ‘right to die’ policies to include access to euthanasia for some gravely ill children.”
Don’t be shocked. I have debated “assisted suicide” zealots who believe that if depressed teenagers want to take their own lives—and, tragically, many teens travel that bumpy road of despair at some troubled point—they should be empowered by the state to do so. Poor old Belgium, once so faithful and brave.
I mention this because I have, I suppose, a particular
insight into how terrifying euthanasia can be and into the vulnerability of
those who it especially horrifies.
Let me introduce you to Katie, who is what society describes as “handicapped”.
She was born several months premature and spent a long time in hospital. She
came home accompanied by a nursing team, to a house wired for oxygen. It’s
ironic, in that the same hospital advised Katie’s mother to abort her because
there were likely, they said, to be “complications.”
I know all this because her mother is my sister, and Katie is my niece.
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