EUTHANIZING CHILDREN:  From a Slippery Slope to an Avalanche 
BreakPoint with Charles Colson, ed.RR
October 5, 2004

For all the horror stories we've heard about euthanasia in recent years, there are still many people who think of it as "mercy killing." Those people need to take a long, hard look at what's happening in the Netherlands right now. It's very difficult to find anything merciful            about what Dutch doctors are doing to children and infants. 

The harm caused by euthanasia inevitably changes our attitude toward all human life. In fact, our attitude toward the weakest members of our society is the real test of how we view life. If we don't see any inherent value in their lives, we soon and necessarily lose sight of what makes all lives sacred. 

There can be little doubt anymore that the "slippery slope" of euthanasia has turned into an avalanche. As I've said before, once this kind of attitude starts to spread -- as it did in Germany in the 1930s, to the world's horror, and as it is spreading in America as well            as Europe today -- no one is truly safe. It can be only a matter of time before lawmakers and doctors determine that none of us needs to have any say in whether we, or our loved ones, live or die.