The Battle For Life "Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.”

Modern Views of the Value of Life William Gaylin “ It used to be easy to know what we wanted for our children, and now the best for our children might mean deciding which ones to kill" (as quoted in Paul Marx, 1975).

Modern Views of the Value of Life Joseph Fletcher Suggested that any individual with an IQ of 20 or less is not a person, and that anyone with an IQ ranging from 20 to 40 is only marginally so. (as quoted in Lygre, 1979, p. 63).

Modern Views of the Value of Life Bentley Glass "no parents will in that future time have a right to burden society with a malformed or a mentally incompetent child" (as quoted in Lygre, pp ).

Modern Views of the Value of Life Francis Crick, Nobel laureate "no newborn infant should be declared human until it has passed certain tests regarding its genetic endowment, and...if it fails these tests, it forfeits the right to live" (as quoted in Howard and Rifkin, 1977, p. 81).

Modern Views of the Value of Life Leo Alexander Was merely a subtle shift in emphasis in the basic attitudes of physicians.

Modern Views of the Value of Life Ernst Wetzler "a small contribution to human progress"

Modern Views of the Value of Life For the good of science. Advancement of knowledge. The benefit of society. The national interest (as quoted in Smith, p. 47). Amil Shamoo Biomedical ethicist

Homicide The killing of one human being by another.

Homicide Homicide includes: –Accidental –Negligent –Planned

Homicide Homicide includes: –Abortion, the killing of human babies by another human. –Suicide, the killing of a human by self. – Euthanasia, killing of self with assistance.

Suicide Suicide strikes both young and old –30,575 Americans in –More die from suicide than from homicide. – times as many suicides as homicides. –Eighth cause of death for all Americans. –Third leading cause of death for young people aged

Suicide Suicide strikes both young and old –Eighteen elderly Americans take their own lives each day. –Leading Cause of suicide is untreated depression. (

Suicide More young die from suicide than from –Cancer. –Heart disease. –Chronic lung disease. –AIDS. –Birth defects. –Stroke. –Pneumonia. –Influenza COMBINED!

Euthanasia The act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy

Euthanasia Societal Attitudes toward Euthanasia –Today Poll shows little support for Euthanasia. –Euthanasia has escalated the death rate in the Netherlands –1 in 4 doctors admits to killing patients without the patient's request or approval.

Euthanasia American Medical Association “ The AMA establishes the Code of Ethics for the medical profession. One of the fundamental principles of that code is that physicians must not act with the intent of causing the death of their patients. Physician-assisted suicide is simply incompatible with the physician's role as healer. When faced with patients who are terminally ill and suffering, physicians must relieve their suffering by providing adequate comfort care. ”

God's Response to Taking Life

God's View of the Value of Life Acts 17:28 " In him we live and move and have our being';as even some of your own poets have said," 'For we are indeed his offspring.‘

God's View of the Value of Life Zechariah 12:1 “... Thus declares the Lord, who stretched out the heavens and founded the earth and formed the spirit of man within him…”

God ’ s Response to Taking Life God has specifically said, “ do not murder. ” (Exodus 20:13) Only God has the privilege to take and give life. (Deuteronomy 32:39)

God ’ s Response to Taking Life God values life because He loves. "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16

Hope in Jesus Is the Only Escape From a life that has no hope. From the hopelessness of pain when dying.

The Battle For Life "Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.”