A Guide to Discussing Assisted Suicide

by Blaise Alleyne, Jonathon Van Maren

For generations, it was accepted as self-evident that suicide was wrong. Now, support for assisted suicide is skyrocketing, framed with the language of autonomy, liberty, choice, and a right to die. The pro-life movement needs to confront this view head on and make the case that suicide is not an individual right, but that our duty to the suicidal is always to prevent suicide - the ultimate self-harm.

By asking challenging questions and appealing to cultural common ground on suicide prevention and human rights, we can change hearts and minds on assisted suicide. This book contains practical, street-tested apologetics to do just that.

87 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2017

Reviews

[Cana · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book not only provides a comprehensive, intelligent, and compassionate form of argumentation against assisted suicide, but it also clearly articulates the pro-life position against it. It can be summed up well by a quote included at the end of the book, from Pope John Paul II: "The world of human suffering unceasingly calls for, so to speak, another world: the world of human love."

Well-written and insightful, I feel much, much more equipped to effectively show people why assisted suicide is never an ethical answer to suicidal despair.

[Olivia Hofer · Rating 5 out of 5]

It took me embarrassingly long to finish this slim volume, because I kept misplacing it during the course of my travels (many related to pro-life work). It is a concise, logically rigorous, and life-affirming engagement with the arguments for and against assisted suicide, and the perils assisted suicide has already inflicted on society and individuals, and a quick read at that (despite my example in that regard). Highly recommended for anyone concerned about society's trend toward suicide (assisted or otherwise) who feels unable to articulate why. Or for anyone, really.

As the book says, "The Pro-Life Position is not just a 'no' to killing people, it is a 'yes' to caring for people, alleviating their suffering and journeying with them, and never surrendering to despair, all the way to the end."

[Darren Cary · Rating 5 out of 5]

A concise, airtight apologetic for life and against assisted suicide.

[Rosemarie Dunlop · Rating 5 out of 5]

a guide to discussing assisted suicide

This book was an easy read. Gives me some background to discuss the subject appropriately. The authors have obviously done their research.
Rosemarie