Terry Golway

In the following viewpoint, Terry Golway argues that the practice of voluntary euthanasia in the Netherlands is misguided and dangerous. The Dutch have adopted a culture of death, argues the author, and their euthanasia policies result in the murder of between nine hundred and one thousand innocent people each year. Golway believes the Netherlands is an example of why euthanasia should not be legalized, but he warns that euthanasia advocates in America are touting the Netherlands as a model of tolerance and enlightenment. Terry Golway is a columnist for the Catholic weekly magazine America.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. How does Goodman, as quoted by Golway, describe the discovery that between nine hundred and one thousand people per year in the Netherlands die from “involuntary euthanasia”?
2. In Golway&rsquo...