... large of National Review Online, and founding director of Catholic Voices USA. In this article, Kathryn Jean Lopez explains the negative risk factors on society if assisted-suicide continues to be legislated within the United States by citing Dr.Kheriaty, an associate professor of psychiatry at the University ... legalized, claiming that "suicide alone is already a public health crisis." She further elaborates the positive impact and benefits it will have on society if assisted suicide is not legislated. She shares the story of a young girl, Kara Tippetts, who resisted the need of assiste...

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