Summertime, and the living isn’t as easy as it used to be. The dying, though, is getting easier, especially if you’re in France, Canada or New York.

New York’s MAID law will come into effect August 5: supposedly only for those whose deaths are expected within six months, supposedly through self-administered doses only. But the details don’t matter. The important part is this: in New York, the state can now authorize the taking of innocent human life.

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In early July, the French Senate rejected euthanasia for the fourth time in a row. But the government invoked Article 45 of the French constitution and forced the legislation through, “creating a right” to assisted suicide (as if the state were the divine origin of rights, and could create them at the snap of a finger).

In Canada, there was a spark of hope earlier this summer. Canada is already struggling under one of the most permissive euthanasia regimes in the world, but was set for worse things with the expansion of the program to those suffering from mental illness. Thankfully, in June the parliamentary committee entrusted with reviewing the situation concluded that MAID for the........

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