On June 9, the New York Senate passed the Medical Aid in Dying Act, which allows terminally ill, mentally competent adults with six months or less to live to request and self-administer life-ending medication. If signed into law by Governor Kathy Hochul (D), New York will become the 11th state to legalize medical aid in dying.
This is more evidence that the left is championing a “culture of death” in America, says Glenn Beck. “The more ‘enlightened’ they become ... the more barbaric [policy] actually becomes.”
Ironically, the left’s death-centric policies, whether it's abortion, gender affirming care, or fighting for the rights of violent illegal alien criminals, are always wrapped in platitudes of “compassion.”
Equally ironic is the left’s response when it’s met with resistance: proving how “compassionate and loving [they] are through mob violence and arson and theft and assaulting federal officers,” most recently evidenced by the fiery anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement riots that have ravaged parts of Los Angeles.
Passing a bill that makes it “easier to kill yourself,” when “the U.S. Surgeon General's office calls loneliness and isolation in America an epidemic,” is the opposite of compassion, says Glenn, noting that suicide has continued to steadily increase over the last several decades.
“This bill is assisted suicide, and it is dressed up — as always — as compassion, but it's not mercy; it is absolute madness,” he insists.
Unlike many other states’ laws, New York’s bill does not require a mandatory waiting period after a patient’s request for life-ending medication, meaning that a patient can potentially elect to die on the same day he receives a terminal diagnosis, so long as he fulfills the requirements of a written request, confirmation of a six-month or less terminal prognosis by two physicians, verification of mental competency, and signatures from two impartial witnesses.
“Despair and depression clouds everything! You don't make a decision when you're like that,” condemns Glenn, who knows from experience that severe depression is often akin to “insanity.”
On top of expediting the process, the bill also “prohibits referring to this practice as suicide,” insisting that the procedure be called “a medical practice” and the lethal poison a “medication.”
“The lies are disgusting,” says Glenn, who is horrified yet not totally surprised considering Andrew Cuomo, New York’s former governor, “was killing people in nursing homes” during the COVID pandemic.
Perhaps most disturbing, however, is the bill’s policy when it comes to death certificates.
“When you write out the death certificate of a person who dies through assisted suicide, you are only allowed to list the person's underlying illness or condition as the official cause of death. You cannot say it had anything to do with suicide or any medical aid in dying,” Glenn explains. The only reason for such a policy is to “[hide] the actual stats” so that they can “memory hole suicide.”
Glenn, citing a New York Times op-ed by Columbia University physician and ethicist Dr. Lydia Dugdale, reads, “Instead of investing in the infrastructure of support for the lonely, the depressed, the disabled, and the poor, we offer them a prescription for death. We call it autonomy, but it’s abandonment.”
“The art of dying well cannot be severed from the art of living well, and that includes caring for one another, especially when it is hard, inconvenient, or costly. It is not enough to offer the dying control. We must offer them dignity — not by affirming their despair but by affirming their worth,” Dugdale said.
To the brave New Yorkers who have managed to keep their ethics and common sense, Glenn beseeches: “You are not without hope — as long as you're still in the fight. ... Call your governor's office; urge her to veto this evil bill of death. Choose life!”
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Delaware Governor Matt Meyer, a Democrat, stated that he was "proud" to legalize physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients.
Meyer signed House Bill 140 into law on Tuesday, amending Delaware's code concerning end-of-life options and making it the 11th state in the nation to legalize assisted suicide in certain situations.
'It turns the tools of healing into lethal weapons.'
The bill, sponsored by state Rep. Eric Morrison (D), permits mentally capable adults diagnosed with a terminal illness to opt for physician-assisted suicide if they are given only six months or less to live. It requires that those considering the life-terminating option be presented with alternative options, such as comfort care, palliative care, hospice, and pain control. Additionally, the law first requires two waiting periods and a second medical opinion on the patient's prognosis.
The bill reads, "This Act permits a terminally ill individual who is an adult resident of Delaware to request and self-administer medication to end the individual's life in a humane and dignified manner if both the individual's attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) and a consulting physician or consulting APRN agree on the individual's diagnosis and prognosis and believe the individual has decision-making capacity, is making an informed decision, and is acting voluntarily."
Upon signing the bill into law on Tuesday, Meyer claimed it advanced "compassion."
"We're acknowledging today that even in the last moments of life, compassion matters," he stated. "Every Delawarean should have the right to face their final chapter with peace, dignity, and control."
"This signing today is about relieving suffering and giving families the comfort of knowing that their loved one was able to pass on their own terms, without unnecessary pain, and surrounded by the people they love most," Meyer said. "It gives people facing unimaginable suffering the ability to choose peace and comfort, surrounded by those they love. After years of debate, I am proud to sign HB 140 into law."
Delaware lawmakers shot down the measure last year.
California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, and Washington, D.C., have similar laws.
Delaware's End-of-Life Options Act will go into effect next year.
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Paul Dupont, the policy director at the American Principles Project, told Blaze News that Delaware's new law signals a "troubling trend."
"Delaware becoming the 11th state to legalize physician-assisted suicide is a symptom of the troubling trend in our culture that continues to devalue life to the point of promoting death as a solution to suffering. It undermines the dignity of every person and creates an environment where the elderly, disabled, and marginalized feel their lives are burdens," Dupont said.
He added, "Instead of allowing this 'death culture' to take over our country, states need to pass pro-life and pro-family legislation that affirms the worth of every individual to counter these harmful policies."
Ryan T. Anderson with the Ethics and Public Policy Center argued that physician-assisted suicide "violates the fundamental principles of medical care."
Anderson told Blaze News, "It turns the tools of healing into lethal weapons. And it threatens to fundamentally distort the doctor-patient relationship because it reduces patients' trust in doctors and doctors' undivided commitment to the life and health of their patients."
"The 'option' of physician-assisted suicide provides perverse incentives for insurance providers — public and private," he continued. "It offers a quick way to cut costs in a world of increasingly scarce health care resources. And it's the weak and vulnerable and marginalized who will be most at risk in a culture in which assisted suicide is permitted."
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Is freedom retreating, or is freedom advancing? Just a few weeks ago, I would have said that it is retreating. But something is changing, and America — though bruised and battered — is leading the way back.
When everything went wrong for us during the past four years — when we felt like freedom was on the brink — what did we do? We didn’t scream at the waves like a group of liberal women in New York City did. We didn’t take to Instagram and post videos of ourselves bawling and distraught. We went to work. We went to God. And we remembered who we are.
They’re losing. The resistance is running out of steam. Common sense is creeping back in.
Bible sales in America are up 21% over the last year. In times of uncertainty, we’ve always turned back to faith, to principles that give us balance and resolve. For those on the left, their “god” is the government, DEI initiatives, and utopian ideals. But when those false gods fail — as they always do — they’re left with nothing but despair.
But something remarkable is happening: Freedom is pushing back. Not just here, but around the globe.
Take Canada, for example, a country that seemed hopelessly lost to the suffocating grip of DEI and government overreach. Just last year, one in every 20 deaths in Canada was due to assisted suicide. A government that once promised freedom, opportunity, and optimism is now expediting death.
Remember when Canadian officials froze the bank accounts of citizens supporting the trucker protests? The government turned on its own people, and trust was shattered.
But now, even in Canada, people are saying enough is enough. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, once untouchable, is teetering on the brink. His allies are abandoning him. His control is slipping. The tide is turning.
In America, we’ve been dangerously close to losing our understanding of freedom. We blurred the lines between equality and equity. Equality means judging people by their character, their merit, their skills. Equity demands that we look at race, history, and grievances instead.
Walmart, once a proud torchbearer of DEI initiatives, is now quietly rolling those initiatives back. Why? Not out of fear of Trump, as some claim, but because the public has spoken. Americans are remembering what fairness and opportunity look like. Businesses are realizing that serving customers — not political agendas — should be their priority.
The media, once the powerful arm of the progressive agenda, is losing its grip. Like the armless, legless knight in “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” they’re still yelling, still swinging, but the fight’s over. They just don’t know it yet.
The 2024 election was indeed a victory, but it was also a reprieve. God, in His mercy, gave us time — time to reclaim the freedom that was being extinguished over the past four years. The question is: What are we going to do with this second chance?
We need to organize. We need to vote. We need to hold leaders accountable, not just with our voices, but with our actions, our wallets, and our resolve. The left’s relentless pursuit to erode freedom isn’t going to stop. They won’t give up easily.
But they’re losing. The resistance is running out of steam. Restaurants that once celebrated refusing service to Trump officials are now firing employees who pull the same stunts. Common sense is creeping back in.
We stand at a crossroads. Freedom isn’t an automatic guarantee. It must be fought for, defended, and cherished. As a wise man once said, “Always give the American people the benefit of the doubt. They’ll get it wrong, but eventually, they’ll figure it out and get it right.” That’s correct. We are figuring it out. Slowly, painfully, but surely.
It’s time to choose. Will we seize this moment or let it slip away?
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A document on government-assisted suicide in Canada has revealed a 15.8% increase in euthanasia, year over year.
Medical Assistance in Dying, known as MAID, has become one of the leading causes of death in Canada since being legalized in 2016.
'It is not yet possible to make reliable conclusions.'
The federal government of Canada has since announced that in 2023, there were a total of 15,343 people who were killed by the state. Additionally, over 2,900 people died before they received the government service, while 915 requests were deemed ineligible, and nearly 500 people withdrew their request during processing.
This near-16% increase showed a decline from the 31% growth the program had seen between 2019 and 2022. However, the government document admitted, "It is not yet possible to make reliable conclusions about whether or not these findings represent a stabilization of growth rates over the longer term."
There also exists unanswered questions regarding the demographics of who is seeking state-sanctioned suicide.
Under the government program, suicide requests are separated into two different "tracks."
"Track 1" refers to those who meet the eligibility criteria set out by the government and are deemed as having a natural death that is "reasonably foreseeable."
Patients are put in "Track 2" when they meet the eligibility criteria set out by the government but are deemed not to have a "reasonably foreseeable" natural death.
Track 2 made up 4.1% of the assisted deaths in 2023, equating to 622 people who received help from the government to die even though their death was unlikely to happen otherwise.
Women were overrepresented in this category at a rate of nearly six out of 10 (58.5%), despite men being the majority of those who have MAID requests overall (51.2%).
For Track 1, 13.9% of MAID recipients are under 65 years old, which represents over 2,000 younger people who were deemed terminally ill.
Canada's rules for MAID eligibility require recipients to be over 18 years old and be "mentally competent."
This age requirement is not matched in every country, especially the Netherlands, where assisted suicide eligibility extends to infants as well. Terminally ill children aged 1-12 can be killed by the state in that country.
“The end of life for this group is the only reasonable alternative to the child’s unbearable and hopeless suffering,” the Dutch government said in 2023, per the Guardian.
In 2002, the Netherlands became the first country to legalize euthanasia nationally, and in 2014, Belgium became the first country to allow children to kill themselves.
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Women will now have more time to abort their children, and everyone will finally have a say in how and when they die.
Once a nation ceases to respect the source of human dignity, it doesn't take long to stop respecting the rights that dignity demands.
'This legislation invites the potential for coercion, particularly among the elderly, disabled, and economically disadvantaged — those most in need of protection, not resignation.'
Medical freedom advocates are documenting emerging ties between 'medical assistance in dying' and organ harvesting.
The disgraced prime minister's legacy has been wrought by overreaching government edicts and failed leftist policies.
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