Life’s dignity lost in quick fix

WHAT concerns me is the dignity and respect we have for life — you, me and for the environment. To voice one’s opinion is noble indeed because one wants an environment safe for all to live in.

One issue is the dignity of life — for example, a law that was passed a number of years ago to stop backstreet abortions.

Now we have gone down the slippery slope to frontstreet abortions taking place up to the time of birth. The consequences have been and will be devastating.

At the other end of the spectrum, a euthanasia Bill may be passed to end one’s life when one feels it is the right time.

The quickfix solution has no depth to it and is a shallow way to try to please everyone.

The Rev Wayne Healey

Oamaru

[Abridged]

DAVID Seymour, aided and abetted by his accomplices in NZ First, is guilty of indulging in cynical politics at its worst.

Their dirty deal was hatched simply because Mr Seymour knew that without it, his End of Life Choice Bill would likely fail.

MPs who voted in favour included some with a stated position against a referendum, but who voted for it anyway.

Not content with polarising Parliament on the controversial subject of euthanasia, David Seymour is now prepared to divide the nation. Family members will be set against other family members in torturous discussions which will inevitably follow should the Bill pass its third reading.

Caught in the crossfire will be the frail elderly and the seriously disabled who will hear their own situations described by others as pointless and not worth living.

A referendum would take this emotional fallout to a whole new level.

However, it is not too late to avert this damaging scenario. MPs simply need to vote No at the Bill’s third reading.

Paula Salisbury

Hamilton .....................................

BIBLE READING: I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word. — Psalm 119:16.