Duty to Die: When the Right to Die Becomes Your Duty
Author | : | |
Rating | : | 4.26 (932 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1586601423 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2017-07-20 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Janice enjoys working with teens, and devotes two weeks each summer to write and direct for Houston's annual "Fine Arts Camp" for Christian teens. About the Author Janice Thompson writes books, musicals, articles, and screenplays--all to inspire others to a deeper walk with Christ. She and her husband, Mike, have four daughters, each one an aspiring writer. . The Thompsons live in Spring, Texas
"An Inspiring and Provoking Book" according to Nolan Habegger. This is a hauntingly accurate work of fiction. The author presents the premise of the elderly and infirm's "social responsibility" to participate (either voluntarily or by compulsion) in their own demise with compelling characters and smooth transitions in action. It can't happen herecan it? From the opening lines, this story grips you with it's chilling premise of an American government that has easily slipped beyond allowing doctor-assisted suicides to imposing mandatory euthanasia on the "terminally ill", or mentally defective. Slick packaging has. America Needs To Read This Book! Victoria With everything going on right now in our government, and the fact that they are trying to pass this new "Healthcare Reform" bill, it would behoove each and every American citizen to read "Duty To Die" by Janice A. Thompson. Yes, it is a work of fiction, but I tr
Janice enjoys working with teens, and devotes two weeks each summer to write and direct for Houston's annual "Fine Arts Camp" for Christian teens. Janice Thompson writes books, musicals, articles, and screenplays--all to inspire others to a deeper walk with Christ. She and her husband, Mike, have four daughters, each one an aspiring writer. The Thompsons live in Spring, Texas.
The story is shockingly close to reality: Congress has enacted the "Duty to Die" law, forcing euthanasia on wide groups of children and adults who find themselves meeting the definition of "defective" according to the new law. The "Duty to Die" law interferes with the rights guaranteed every American citizen in the Fourteenth Amendment. A frightened young woman with a terminal illness, a new mother with a baby born with birth defects, a young man marked with HIV, and others fight against all odds. Can death be packaged in such a way that it actually begins to look like a viable option for those in distress? If so, what will the consequences be for the elderly, terminally ill, and disabled? When does life endWhen the body ceases to function properly? When the quality of l