Religious, government and medical restrictions aside, in the debate about the right to die (Local View: "My constant companions: depression and suicide," March 25), those who advocate it have chosen to disregard the profound dignity of every human life made in the image and likeness of God. Humans are superior to every other life form. To take a human life, even your own, cannot be other than a slap in the face of the Creator.
To advocate for the right to die is to insult the mentally and physically disabled and the handicapped and afflicted who are courageously living their lives to the very best of their abilities. What they need is loving support, not methods of self-destruction.
Moreover, the right to die can very easily become the imperative to die. We are on a slippery slope that began with a falsely declared constitutional right to abortion 44 years and nearly 60 million innocent lives ago and ultimately will lead to imperilling the lives of us all.
LuAnne Simmens
Grand Rapids
