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In the 1990s, assisted suicide and euthanasia were among evangelicals’ top social concerns. Michigan’s Dr. Jack Kevorkian participated in more than three dozen assisted suicides, the state of Oregon passed its Death with Dignity Act in 1994, and several other states considered similar measures. The Supreme Court upheld Oregon’s law in 2006. The issue may not attract as much political heat as it once did, but its implications loom large for every family with aging or ailing members.
Our yearly reminder for Christians neither to run from nor to leap toward death, but to learn the art of dying well.
News
Canadian pastors are lagging behind a national push to expand MAID to those with disabilities and mental health conditions.
It’s not necessary to condone her exhortations to curse God. But we should seek to understand them.
Cover Story
Here’s what I’ve learned as a Christian doctor receiving requests for physician-assisted dying.
Editorial
Dying is a fact of life. It’s also the enemy we’re called to resist.
News
UPDATE: Under Trump, federal policy keeps shifting away from abortion rights in favor of religious conscience protections.
Pope Francis’ critique of President Trump would apply to 96 percent of Americans, surveys suggest.
Review
How the church can come to the aid of sufferers and their loved ones.
News
Most Americans, including 4 in 10 evangelicals, want doctors to help terminally ill patients end their lives.
Review
‘Culture of Death’ sounds the alarm on pending medical bioethics legislation and other troubling trends.