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Wisconsin’s new ‘Death with Dignity’ bill stirs debate over end-of-life choices

The bill is modeled after ‘death with dignity’ laws in 13 other states, including Illinois. However, Pro-Life Wisconsin has expressed its opposition, stating that physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia do not offer a dignified way to die.

“They deny the dignity of the human person by snuffing out their life prematurely instead of recognizing the value of their life and pursuing the best care available for that individual until the end,” said Pro-Life Wisconsin in a statement.

Concerns from those with particular religious views were addressed by Roys.

“The problem is when somebody that has a particular religious view wants to make a rule that prevents anybody from doing something that they might not choose themselves,” said Roys.

Democrats Push ‘Death With Dignity’ on the Dairy State

The memo reads:

LRB 5643 would permit a Wisconsin resident who is at least 18 years of age, mentally capable, and has a terminal disease with a prognosis of less than six months to live to voluntarily request medication from their attending healthcare provider for the purpose of ending their life in a peaceful, humane, and dignified manner. Individuals with terminal illnesses should be allowed to spend their last days where and with whomever they choose, without being forced to endure additional pain and suffering. This legislation provides an option for dying individuals that respects and honors their final choices.

As we’ve seen in parts of Europe and with Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) program, “death with dignity” soon becomes a “duty to die.” 

In Canada, MAiD began just as Wisconsin Democrats are proposing: death with dignity for those with terminal illnesses. It a few short years, that program expanded to include the mentally ill, the depressed, veterans, and the poor.

Yes, the poor. Even Left-wing Jacobin Magazine noticed that MAiD was being used in place of social welfare services, and a quarter of Canadians think it should be used on the poor. It’s also used in place of routine medical care for non-terminal patients, thanks to the massive failure that is Canada’s socialised medicine system. When a woman named Jolene, who had hyperparathyroidism, couldn’t get in to see an endocrinologist for her treatable, non-terminal condition, the Canadian government offered to kill her instead. She was offered treatment in America, instead.

It’s also been used on drug addicts, anorexics, and the homeless and officials are considering expanding it to disabled infants.

We’re not supposed to worry, however, because the majority of people who are euthanized by our neighbors to the north are “privileged, white, and well-off.“

That’s supposed to make it okay?

Per capita, MAiD deaths now exceed gun deaths in America (which I’ve been told is a crisis requiring the dissolution of my Second Amendment rights), and because the right demographic is being euthanized, we’re supposed to accept it and move on?

“Death with dignity” is always a lie. It’s not about dignity; it’s about control and cost savings. Such legislation never, ever remains the narrow and focused mercy politicians promise when they introduce these bills. They always evolve into hungry blobs, whose appetite for death is insatiable. Wisconsin is better than that, even if our Democrats are not.