Dignity, not Death

What is the value of a life?

I opened a newsletter on April 1 and was struck by the very pretty face of a young woman leaning contentedly on a man’s chest. The story headline read, “I’m 28. And I’m Scheduled to Die in May.” It wasn’t a joke.

As I read the story, I was more and more horrified that life has become so cheap that unhappiness is often enough to generate assisted suicide in many parts of the West. The woman, age 28, said that her decision to die was based on her depression, autism, and borderline personality disorder, none of which…