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Suicide, Despair and Covid - PPL ENEWS September, 2021

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September 2021

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Suicide, Despair and Covid

By PPL Board Member, Martha Leatherman, MD

 

"There is nothing like suspense and anxiety for barricading a human's mind against the Enemy. He wants men to be concerned with what they do; our business is to keep them thinking about what will happen to them." ~ C. S. Lewis

 

“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?    Matthew 6:25 (ESV)

 

One misconception about suicide is that it is caused by sadness or “depression.” Of course, depression is a condition shared by many victims of suicide, but the depression is not the driver of the suicide. Despair and hopelessness drive suicide. People commit suicide when they think that it is the only alternative to living in their present unbearable state.

Op-Ed: Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying = Torturous Death

— It may look peaceful, but closer examination may tell different story

 

by Joel Zivot, MD

 

Originally published February 16, 2021 

Currently, the Senate of Canada is reviewing Bill C-7 as it seeks to understand the implications of further expanding medical assistance in dying, known as MAiD.

 

Some of the proposed amendments contained in Bill C-7 are in reply to the 2019 decision of the Quebec Superior Court in Truchon v. Procureur général du Canada. As a Canadian physician and anesthesiologist working in the United States, this debate is of interest to me. I was a witness in these Senate hearings because I am an expert in the opposition to lethal injection, the most common form of execution in the U.S. To be clear, my expertise is relevant to MAiD not because it is considered akin to the execution of prisoners in its essence, but because the pharmaceutical and medical methods used are quite similar.

Additional Resources on Suicide

SUICIDE/ppl.org

PPL's Suicide Resources for Christians

 

Presbyterians Protecting Life - P.O. Box 5239 -
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Crisis Text Line 

US & UK: Text Hello to 741741

In Canada: 686868

 

 

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