O'Brien, whose novels chronicle many disturbing contemporary trends, said the modern West has established “a culture saturated with the notion that death is a handy tool for solving social problems,” as shown by the “vast number of human lives” destroyed through abortion and other means.
He explained that the legalization of suicide would establish in law the notion that life has no inherent worth, such that it can be discarded at will.
“To kill a person with Alzheimers, for example, or mentally handicapped infants and children, or to assist a person taking his own life, is saying yes to a deadly lie, and at the same time it permits us to escape a painful situation,” O'Brien noted.
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| Photo montage by Catholic News Agency; Michael O'Brien (L) and Terry Pratchett (R) |
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