Allowing assisted suicide would be like opening the door to hell
by Andrea Williams, Premier Christianity:
Esther Rantzen’s petition to legalise assisted dying received more than 200,000 signatories, triggering a parliamentary debate. Christian Concern’s Andrea Williams is calling on politicians to protect the sanctity of life.
Shortly after she was married, Nikki Kenward contracted Guillain-Barré Syndrome. The condition left her ‘locked in’, with the ability only to blink one eye. Her husband, Merv, was understandably devastated. Nikki says that, at the time, she didn’t want to live: “I think if my family had been asked by the hospital, they would have opted to end my life. I hadn’t seen my son for months and the thought of him being without me broke my heart more than what was happening to me.”
Now, having seen her son grow up and get married, she is grateful that there was not the choice for her or her family to make. “I believe that suicide is not the answer, the answer is brilliant, palliative care”, she says.
Nikki and Merv attended the Westminster rally organised to protest against legalising assisted suicide in the UK. If there were a change in the law, said Nikki, it would be “opening the door to hell, and it will change how we see society.”
We at Christian Concern wholeheartedly agree. Do we want a society that cares for those who are suffering – or one where we simply put people down like dogs? The case for euthanasia claims to be compassionate but, in fact, it turns vulnerable people into problems that can be ‘fixed’ with a lethal injection.
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