Thu Jun 16, 2022 – 10:06 am EDT
(Campaign Life Coalition) – A new book in Canada is marketing assisted suicide to young children, promoting the idea of killing grandma as an act of love and compassion instead of the murder that it is.
Bill Richardson’s new book, Last Week, published in April 2022, has been described by critics as “sensitive” and “compelling.” It presents the killing of the sick and elderly – euphemistically called here in Canada “medical aid in dying” (MAiD) – through the eyes of a young child who must say goodbye to his grandmother, Flippa.
The book mentions Flippa’s daily habit of walking to the beach and swimming in the ocean. However, as she gets older and weaker, Flippa is no longer able to swim in the ocean or do the things she loves. Because of this, life no longer seems worth living. This leads to Flippa’s choice of assisted suicide over a natural death.
With one week until Flippa’s death, the young child faces a variety of emotions, counting down every precious second until the last goodbye. Richardson describes scenes of comradery, as family and friends gather together to laugh, cry, and
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