Horrific killing of a Canadian grandma exposes Democrats' euthanasia goal for the rest of us
A conservative editor uses the death of an 83-year-old Canadian woman who reportedly consented without understanding what she had consented to as a warning against the euthanasia movement's growing foothold in American blue states.
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He describes the case of Brigitte Stegemann, an 83-year-old Canadian woman who, according to her granddaughter, did not understand she had consented to death and was killed anyway despite the granddaughter's objections. McCarthy contends that no safeguards can prevent killing without genuine consent, and that bureaucratic health systems create mercenary incentives to eliminate costly patients. He warns that Democratic electoral victories could bring Canada's euthanasia model to all of America, and calls for rejection of the practice now.
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Canada's MAID regime has been in effect for 10 years and has taken an estimated 100,000 lives, now accounting for one in every 20 Canadian deaths. In the source
Brigitte Stegemann, 83, was put to death on July 10 over her granddaughter's objections, after the granddaughter says she told Stegemann what would happen and Stegemann cried and said she'd made a mistake. In the source
All but one of the 13 US states that have embraced 'death with dignity' laws are Democratic-leaning; Republican-leaning Montana is the sole exception. In the source
McCarthy warns that a Democratic Congress will eventually make euthanasia the law of the land nationwide, not just in blue states. In the source
McCarthy argues that legalised euthanasia is deadly not only to vulnerable individuals but to the principles of human dignity that society is founded on. In the source
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She was put to death anyway on July 10, over her granddaughter's objections.
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Stegemann's death despite expressed regret and family protest shows consent safeguards failed at the decisive moment.
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Stegemann was an 83-year-old woman who did not understand that the procedures she allegedly consented to would lead to her death. According to her granddaughter, when she explained to Stegemann what was going to happen, the elderly woman started crying and said she’d made a mistake. She was put to death anyway on July 10, over her granddaughter’s objections. The old and ill are vulnerable. But even for young and mostly healthy individuals, hospitals and other medical facilities can be high-pressure environments where people who are sick or in pain can’t always make clear and well-considered decisions.
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In the context of euthanasia, no safeguards can prevent killing without consent. The only variable is how often it happens.
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The author draws the logical ceiling on what any regulatory framework can achieve in euthanasia regimes.
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But even for young and mostly healthy individuals, hospitals and other medical facilities can be high-pressure environments where people who are sick or in pain can’t always make clear and well-considered decisions. Patients are weak; medical establishments and their administrators are comparatively strong — so much so that even hints and suggestions can be taken as commands by the infirm or excessively trusting. In the context of euthanasia, no safeguards can prevent killing without consent. The only variable is how often it happens.
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Killing isn't care — and the convenience that overburdened medical systems may find in eliminating high-cost patients will give rise to motives for euthanasia that are fundamentally mercenary.
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The author reframes the systemic pressure to euthanize as financial self-interest rather than compassion.
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It’s true that medicine can now prolong life without restoring health, making dying a lengthier process than it may once have been. As our population gets older, the right care for those nearing the end of their lives will become an ever more challenging issue. But killing isn’t care — and the convenience that overburdened medical systems may find in eliminating high-cost patients will give rise to motives for euthanasia that are fundamentally mercenary. Is anything in modern medicine a model of highly personal relationships between patients and doctors?
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Legalized homicide is now the cause of one out of every 20 Canadian deaths — a regime in effect for 10 years that has taken an estimated 100,000 lives.
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Canada's scale of legalized death establishes the concrete stakes the author wants American readers to confront.
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See more of our coverage in your search results. Legalized homicide is now the cause of one out of every 20 Canadian deaths. The country’s “medical assistance in dying” regime — MAID — has been in effect for 10 years and has taken an estimated 100,000 lives. The numbers, and shocking stories like Brigitte Stegemann’s, are a warning to America of what the euthanasia movement has in store for us. Stegemann was an 83-year-old woman who did not understand that the procedures she allegedly consented to would lead to her death.
Legalized homicide is now the cause of one out of every 20 Canadian deaths The country’s “medical assistance in dying” regime — MAID — has been a regime in effect for 10 years and that has taken an estimated 100,000 lives.
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Inverting the law's purpose is itself a form of suicide — for nations, not just individuals.
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The author closes by lifting the argument from individual cases to civilizational self-destruction as the ultimate consequence.
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Yet there’s nothing to stop this murderous idea at the border — and there are people here who would welcome the Canadian system. The time to reject it is now, before it can gain greater purchase in this country. Medical assistance in dying is not only a mortal danger to the most vulnerable members of society, it’s deadly to the very principles of human dignity that our society is founded on. Like the medical profession, the law exists to protect life, not hasten death. And inverting the law’s purpose is itself a form of a suicide — for nations, not just individuals. Daniel McCarthy is the editor of Modern Age: A Conservative Review.
Inverting the law's purpose is itself a form of a suicide — for nations, not just individuals.
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