The Nationalization of Assisted Suicide Will Have Far-Reaching Consequences

The attempted nationalization of assisted suicide will have far-reaching consequences. It means that even residents of the reddest states will have ready access

People rally against Bill C-14, the medically assisted dying bill, during a protest organized by the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada, on June 1, 2016. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang

Commentary

Progressive cultural radicals are busily nationalizing their policy agendas by breaking the usual legal comity among the states. For example, California recently declared itself a transgender sanctuary jurisdiction. Its law now actively interferes with out-of-state child custody orders by allowing nonresident gender dysphoric children who make it to California to access puberty-blocking and transition surgeries despite their custodial parent’s refusal of consent.