World Magazine:
A mom's euthanasia love: Parent's in the UK help with their 23-year-old son's suicide after he was hurt in a rugby accident.
Julie James explained that her decision to help her 23-year-old son, Daniel, kill himself was based on love and compassion. Julie and her husband, Mark, traveled to a Swiss clinic so their son could kill himself after he was paralyzed in a sports-related accident. His mom said because of his paralysis he was living "a second-class existence."
Read the rest here.
St. Louis-Post Dispatch: Normandy High School, Part 1: Neither Racial Nor New, But Moral
The sexual lives of Normandy High School students have become the talk of the world. From India to the Great Britain, the world is buzzing with the startling news that up to 50 students in my neighborhood's high school may have been exposed to HIV infection. While the details of how the virus may have spread are inconclusive at this point, we're all aware, in most cases, that the virus spreads predominantly through drug use and sexual activity.
The rest is here.
Great article for the Post-Dispatch. I work in a crisis pregnancy center and while the outbreak at Normandy is epic, it is far from shocking. Under other circumstances people would be commenting that you are archaic for suggesting martial boundaries for sex, but crisis brings some people to their senses.
Thanks for the well-written insights.