These two lines of thinking shared common ideas. One line produced the Nazi regime. The other through death emptied the mental institutions and exterminated the handicapped including war veterans. In the United States, we are already on the slippery slope. The victories won by the advocates of physician assisted suicide had not been consolidated and they were calling for expansion of the practice.
History does repeat itself.
One of the nation's leading proponents of doctor assisted suicide is Jack Kevorkian. Mr. Dawson was quadriplegic. He was paralyzed in his arms and legs due to a viral infection that attacked his nervous system. The Associated Press shortly after Dawson's death reported that he had received a lethal injection near his shoulder. When deviation from that standard is permitted, serious dangers enter.