French woman fooled the world on assisted suicide request
by Steven Ertelt
So the latest news out of France is that Chantal Sebire allowed herself to get in the condition she was in so she could press for assisted suicide.
Sebire, as Jill’s readers will recall, is the woman with a terrible facial tumor who received international attention for her condition and French courts denying her request for a doctor to help her kill herself.
Well, now come to find out she a) refused medical treatment, b) refused offers of surgery to correct the problem and lead a normal life, and c) refused both drugs and palliative care to help her deal with the pain.
Sadly, this woman appeared to have a death wish and appeared more interested in promoting the pro-euthanasia political agenda than genuinely seeking legitimate medical care.
This reminds of the problems in Oregon – where the assisted suicide law is not operating as it should.
Sebire’s situation was certainly heart-wrenching and she originally deserved all the support in the world, but these new revelations make it tough to consider her anything but a political opportunist. And it takes away from the real pain patients with no control over their situations deal with on a daily basis.
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
It’s pretty bad here in Oregon. The pro-assisted suicide peeps sold us a deal, telling us why people needed to kill themselves. Now we see that the “reasons” people so desperately needed to kill themselves are not the reasons people are actually doing it.
It seems that the situation is Oregon proves that legalization of euthanasia is an invitation to as well as a validation of the behavior.
The result of legalizing abortion was the same. Numbers soared.
We reap what we sow.
Life to life and death to death.
Choose life, always!
HisMan: Amen!
Yeah, that’s how I feel about those women who refuse cancer treatment when pregnant.
Hey, if you have a “death wish,” don’t ask to be labeled a hero.
Laura – Chantal wasn’t pregnant. It’s amazing you attempt to draw such an analogy.
Is the very idea of sacrifice for others, particularly your own unborn child that revolting to you? What about those citizens who die that you might have freedom, is their sacrifice worthless? Would you tell them that?
Selfishness, ingratitude and contempt only make one look – disgraceful.
Chantal sacrificed herself to bring about deadly legislation, but the government saw through her selfishness, ingratitude and her contempt for humanity and loving-kindness.
In the end Chantal sufferings only highlighted her contempt for the humble and sacrificial offers of others, so her veiled attempts at pity for a deadly cause just look pathetic.
Don’t join her.
In the end Chantal sufferings only highlighted her contempt for the humble and sacrificial offers of others, so her veiled attempts at pity for a deadly cause just look pathetic.
Don’t join her.
Posted by: Chris Arsenault at April 8, 2008 6:36 AM
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No, all she wanted was to live her life as she wished, and have the means to ease out gracefully when the quality of that life became intolerable.
Why don’t you take your little value judgments – “selfishness,” “ingratitude,” and “contempt’ – where they belong (clue; the sun don’t shine there.)
Learning to mind your own business is quite liberating. You might wanna give it a throw.
I love you too Laura.
This story is so sad!
So let me get this straight…she’s an assisted suicide political martyr??? What an idiot.
Anyone have any links to substantiate the “news coming out of France”?? If I can find any, I’m going to pass it along. I thought it was interesting that a mom with three kids, youngest – a 13yo, would have refused any initial treatment for the tumors.