My wonderful and dear friend, Mark Pickup, has started a blog called Human Life Matters. I met Mark circa 1996 when we both appeared at an anti-euthanasia conference sponsored by the Compassionate Healthcare Network in Vancouver. We hit it off immediately and became the best of friends. I dedicated Consumer’s Guide to a Brave New World to Mark with these words: “To Mark Pickup: Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.”
Mark is a powerful voice against euthanasia, for a human rights bioethics, and on behalf of disability rights. He is also an explicitly pro life campaigner and a Christian apologist. He brings to his work a depth of knowledge of the difficulties disabled people face due to his progressive multiple sclerosis.
I look forward to Mark’s comments and urge visitors to Secondhand Smoke to give him a try. Agree or disagree with his viewpoints, perspectives, and faith-oriented approach, Mark Pickup is a man of dignity whose voice is well worth hearing.
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