Our northern neighbor’s Orwellian-named MAID (medical assistance in dying) has resulted in more than 400 individuals being put to death in criminal violation to the code, and the Netherlands, where it is currently legal for doctors to kill patients as young as 1 year old with the consent of a guardian. Instead of seeing these stories as cautionary tales, members of Parliament voted to follow suit, with the apparent support of the British public and not much opposition from the Church of England.

I’ve always found it ironic that one of our most selfless national holidays in America, Thanksgiving, is followed by one of the most selfish, the aptly named Black Friday—from “Give thanks” to “Get more” in less than 24 hours. Our family-oriented, others-focused, God-honoring traditions are increasingly eclipsed by more consumer-oriented, self-focused, man-centered ones, and the juxtaposition of these two days tells this sad story every year.

But this year’s Black Friday got a whole lot blacker—and more consumer-oriented, self-focused, and man-centered—when news broke from across the pond that the U.K. Parliament voted in favor of the much-debated and morally fraught Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which would legalize “assisted dying,” a euphemistically named practice also known as “assisted suicide” in England and Wales.

Medically assisted suicide has been on the rise worldwide, but especially in the West. 

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