Is This Who We Are? A People Who Abandons the Vulnerable?

Is This Who We Are? A People Who Abandons the Vulnerable? 
 by KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ 

 From Los Angeles, Archbishop Jose Gomez makes a plea, as the state moved closer to legalizing assisted suicide last night:   

We need to be clear about our language so we can understand what the legislature is really doing here. It is not legalizing “aid in dying.” What the legislature is legalizing is the ability of a doctor to write prescriptions for the express purpose of killing another human being. Is this the legacy that we want to leave for future generations of Californians? To say that in the face of human suffering, as a society we responded by making it easier to kill those who are suffering? This legislation only deepens the divides in our society along the lines of race, ethnicity and income. The reality is that millions of Californians do not have the luxury to advocate for “death” with dignity. They are too busy struggling against poverty, discrimination, disability, illness and crime. It should be government’s mission to help people live with dignity — not to offer them more options to kill themselves. This legislation — and the process by which it was passed — is not worthy of our great State, which continues to do so much to promote human dignity and equality of access to health care. I believe it should be vetoed.

Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/423924/winner-week-jonah-goldberg