The Problems with Medically Assisted Suicide
- Esau McCaulley
- Jan 1
- 1 min read
Medically assisted suicide is on the rise in Canada, and it’s no longer limited to those who are terminally ill. Esau, Malcolm, and Mike examine what this shift reveals about modern assumptions around autonomy, dignity, and choice, and how Christian convictions about suffering and care for the vulnerable complicate the logic behind assisted dying policies. Also, after Travis Kelce recently claimed that he and Taylor Swift have never fought, the team asks whether conflict-free marriage is actually a sign of health. They explore why disagreement can be formative rather than destructive, and why couples should be cautious about overusing therapy language—like “gaslighting” or “narcissism”—without fully understanding what those terms mean.
0:00 - Theme Song
1:40 - Scheduling Wedding for Money?
7:00 - Do Couples Need to Fight?
17:26 - Therapy Talk
22:34 - Medical Assistance in Dying
30:52 - Dying with Dignity
38:28 - What to Leave Behind in 2026?
45:00 - End Credits
I’ve been a nurse in intensive care for over 15 years. In response to the “death with dignity” discussion, the solution to the suffering at the end with “tubes and machines” is NOT to euthanize or medically-assist suicide. The solution is to compassionately discontinue those tubes and machines. But the best solution is to discuss death and decline on a regular basis— our culture is allergic to these discussions, so our only coping skill is to “take control” with an approved suicide method. My pastor has often lamented that churches are not surrounded by graveyards anymore. If we still lived in communities where we walked amongst gravestones on our way to worship, our perspective and conversations would look different.