Rita Marker and I with Faith Abbott McFadden and Maria McFadden
This photo was taken last October on the night the Human Life Foundation honored Rita Marker and me as Great Defenders of Life for our work fighting assisted suicide and euthanasia. Rita (on my right as you look at the photo) mentored me in this work so standing next to her at the podium was a real thrill. We both deeply appreciate the support of the HLR, Faith Abbott McFadden and Maria McFadden, whose husband and father respectively, the late James P. McFadden, created the Human Life Review. He saw it all coming long before I caught even a whisp of the first dark cloud on the horizon.
The old man and three blonds: Nice photo, don't you think?
posted by Wesley J. Smith @ 10:13 PM
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And I would like to take this moment in time to give a heart felt thanks to you and your three Amigos Wesley. You are championing a humanity that puts a beating heart above the stringent search for the easy way out and the least expensive care in medical system. You are bridging New Age Medical knowledge back to the time when the Hippocratic Oath had value to Medical Sciences & our Judicial conscience. Your group makes people focus on the true value of serving people till they die & not pushing them towards death so their organs can be harvested or their medical bills outweigh the compassion to keep them alive.You are trying to do what you believe in with all your heart & Soul. Thank you.
I remember Jim McFadden. He was kind enough to give me a job as the first associate editor of the Human Life Review when I was in graduate school. I had no idea at the time that euthanasia, an issue addressed in the monographs I was editing ever would be relevant to the end of my own mother's life. He understood what was important and yes, he was prescient.
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