These USCCB videos featuring stories of people who have faced difficult life issues:
Luke’s Story: Every Suicide is Tragic
You don’t discourage suicide by assisting suicide. “Every suicide is tragic – whether you’re old or young, healthy or sick, your life is worth living,” says Luke Maxwell, 19, who survived an attempt to take his own life.
John’s Story: Beyond Independence
Born without arms, John Foppe speaks to a way of life beyond independence – namely, inter-dependence: Together we are more. Assisted suicide sells everyone short, so in times of illness or dis-ability, he encourages us to “step into life!”
Jeanette’s Story: 15 Years Later
When Jeanette Hall had less than a year to live, she asked her doctor for the pills to commit suicide. Dr. Kenneth Stevens got to know her better, inspiring her to have treatment instead. Now 15 years lat-er, Jeanette says: “It’s great to be alive!”
Maggie’s Story
Maggie Karner, a 51-year-old mother of three, has terminal brain cancer and opposes assisted suicide. She shares how her dad, when bedridden at the end of his life as a quadriplegic, taught her to face life and her final days with true grace and dignity.
