The thought of your loved one having to clean up the mess that is created from your suicide,

the thought of, you know, an actual bullet tearing through your brain, that is horrific to people.

And it should be.

But it should be just as jarring to people to think, I'm going to take this drug that's literally going to shut down

the organs in my body that are meant to function properly.

Outstanding is a production of The Washington Stand, where you can find news and commentary from

a biblical worldview.

Welcome to Outstanding, where we have critical conversations about the news of the day

and the ideas that shape us.

Once again, I'm your host, Joseph Ackholm. Welcome you to another exercise in taking every thought captive to the obedience

of Christ. Today, we are going to consider the right way to think about assisted suicide.

Now, November 29th, 2024, the UK HouseK. House of Commons passed the Terminally Ill adults

bill with a vote of 334 to 275 votes against.

This legislation proposes to legalize assisted dying for terminally ill adults in England

and Wales who have a prognosis of six months or less

to live. Now, notably, similar legislation was last discussed and debated in 2015 in the House of Commons,

and that bill, that legislation, failed with 330 votes against it.

Nine years later, there are 330 votes for it.

What does all of this mean?

Is cultural acceptance of assisted suicide a sign that we are becoming more compassionate

as a society by allowing people to suffer, allowing people to end

their suffering, excuse me, or is it a sign that we are on the verge of becoming barbarians

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