The Ultimate Civil Liberty
When I was growing up, when people still wrote checks at the market, my mother had all of her checks printed by a now defunct organization called the Hemlock Society.
The organization promoted euthanasia and assisted suicide for those who were terminally ill or grossly incapacitated by disease or other severely disabling afflictions. Mom was a staunch supporter of the Hemlock Society and I have been raised on the notion of assisted suicide being acceptable. (more…)