Abortion and Death Panels

I remember listening to debates about abortion before The Supreme Court rendered their fateful decision in the 1970’s. One of the arguments against abortion was that if we allowed abortion for any reason, eventually, it would lead to euthanasia. The logic was that if we could terminate the life of a baby in the womb, then it would not be long before that same society could terminate older people. Well, that prophecy has come true.
The Obama healthcare plan would give authority to panels that would result in a decision on who would live and who would not live. Sarah Palin was right, death panels would of necessity be part of this new program. With just so much healthcare and drugs available, someone would have to be denied. Sadly, that someone could be those unable to make a viable contribution to society or some other erudite sounding reason.
Sadly, we are nearing Orwell’s 1984 whether we like it or not. Unless there is a resurgence of morality, the predictions of the prophets of the 1970’s will be here before we know it or could it be “the end of the world as we know it?”