Wesley J. Smith
Reviewed by Eileen Rebstock in In Defence of Life
In November of 1992, Wesley Smith’s good friend Frances killed herself. Going through her papers, Smith discovered that Frances had been collecting issues of the newsletter of the Hemlock Society: an organization devoted to the promotion of euthanasia. Appalled by the propaganda that had pushed his friend to suicide, Smith wrote an article in Newsweek to wake people up to “the dangers of the euthanasia movement and the message it sends to the weak and vulnerable.” He was shocked to find himself, as a result, under a widespread vicious attack for lacking “genuine compassion.”
This surprising reaction inspired him to research and write Forced Exit. The book “offers chilling evidence of just how powerful and dangerous the death culture in America has become” documenting horrible cases such as the legally sanctioned starvation of Nancy Cruzan in Missouri in 1990. However, it also provides hope for the future, detailing “truly humane and compassionate alternatives – hospice care for the dying, more effective pain control, independent living for the disabled – that can transform a death wish into a desire to live.”
"Forced Exit" can be borrowed from the Edmonton Prolife Office or from the Edmonton Public Library or University of Alberta Libraries.
Or you can buy it from Amazon by following this link.
Wesley J. Smith is also the author of Culture of Death: The Assault on Medical Ethics in America. You can find his blog here.
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