{"id":326825,"date":"2025-03-03T10:48:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T16:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=326825"},"modified":"2025-03-04T00:26:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T06:26:41","slug":"charlie-camosy-throwaway-culture-rose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/charlie-camosy-throwaway-culture-rose\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Lila Rose discusses &#8216;throwaway culture&#8217; with bioethicist Charlie Camosy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Live Action founder and president Lila Rose recently sat down with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AITaKXSw-0Y&amp;t=1s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charlie Camosy<\/a>, a bioethicist, author, and professor, to discuss the pervasive &#8216;throwaway culture&#8217; that has led to an increase in assisted suicide, euthanasia, and even infanticide. Their extensive talk focused on the future of the pro-life movement and how those now fighting for life can work to find common ground with those who support abortion.<\/p>\n<p>Camosy told Rose that the pro-life movement is at a crossroads because there is no longer a sense that preborn human beings are equal persons. Instead, &#8220;the very notion of fundamental human equality is at risk.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve lost the basis for saying all human beings are equal,&#8221; he explained.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AITaKXSw-0Y?si=8NtgbOjhkUVWT4bR\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><center><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The pervasive view now is that a human being only matters if he has rationality, self-awareness, or autonomy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s probably the most important concept in secular bioethics right now is autonomy,&#8221; Camosy said.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that while this view of humanity was considered extreme just 30 years ago, today, it is no longer viewed as controversial. Instead, he said, it&#8217;s &#8220;settling into the mainstream.&#8221; This has led to a culture that champions abortion for preborn children who receive a health diagnosis \u2014 and even infanticide for babies who are sick.<\/p>\n<p>Camosy explained that the pro-death argument uses euphemisms to promote both infanticide and assisted suicide, calling such acts &#8220;comfort care&#8221; and &#8220;dying with dignity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The euphemisms and gaslighting is so nefarious because they prey on our good instincts to promote them,&#8221; he said. But, &#8220;human equality and dignity means we don&#8217;t aim at the death of an innocent person.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zVk1qM1El9o?si=K6-w-RhO1UR3sJSv\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Camosy hailed the work of those in the disabilities movement who actively fight against assisted suicide legislation, crediting their &#8220;boots on the ground&#8221; efforts in working for the rights of the disabled. However, he noted, there&#8217;s often a disconnect, as many of those same organizations would support the abortion of babies with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>In looking to the future, he advocated for the pro-life movement to work on building relationships with these disability rights groups.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we can have a dialogue with disability groups and have them join us in the fight for nonviolence the way they have at the end of life and physician-assisted suicide, I think it would change foundationally our fight for prenatal justice in the United States,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He closed by suggesting that one way pro-lifers can reach the opposing side is by using language to bridge the gap. For instance, using the phrase &#8216;prenatal justice&#8217; can appeal to those who wouldn&#8217;t necessarily consider themselves pro-life. He also likes the term &#8216;throwaway culture&#8217; over &#8216;culture of death.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The right way to do it is to say like, &#8216;How can I reach out to that person in a way that offers the critique but doesn&#8217;t define myself in opposition to them, but instead invites them to engage?&#8221; he suggested. &#8220;It&#8217;s very powerful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/actnow.io\/Vety0KE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-325597 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LA25DefundPP_EmailBannerAd-02-1-700x251.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LA25DefundPP_EmailBannerAd-02-1-700x251.png 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LA25DefundPP_EmailBannerAd-02-1-300x107.png 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LA25DefundPP_EmailBannerAd-02-1-768x275.png 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LA25DefundPP_EmailBannerAd-02-1-500x179.png 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LA25DefundPP_EmailBannerAd-02-1.png 1167w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Live Action founder and president Lila Rose recently sat down with Charlie Camosy, a bioethicist, author, and professor, to discuss the pervasive &#8216;throwaway culture&#8217; that has led to an increase in assisted suicide, euthanasia, and even infanticide. 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