This is the sort of thing pro-life folks have been predicting for years. It is called futile care theory. The slippery slope has become a crumbling cliff.
Update
I'm sure one can find plenty of ammunition to make the case that the euthanasia movement remains committed to no death on demand. This April 27 weekly Standard Artical by Wesley J. Smith is one example. Quoting philosopher John Hardwig,
"A duty to die is more likely when continuing to live will impose significant burdens--emotional burdens, extensive caregiving, destruction of life plans, and yes, financial hardship--on your family and loved ones. This is the fundamental insight underlying a duty to die.
"A duty to die becomes greater as you grow older. As we age, we will be giving up less by giving up our lives . . . To have reached the age of say, seventy-five or eighty years without being ready to die is itself a moral failing, the sign of a life out of touch with life's basic realities."
Did you get that? To not be willing to die at age 75 is a "moral failing". And we thought these folks didn't believe in morality.
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