A colleague has asked for information about the Democratic Party’s support of euthanasia. While my colleague knows that the party supports the current US law on abortion (legal throughout the nine months of pregnancy for any reason whatsoever), he is uncertain that the party’s support for what has come to be known as “death panels” in Obamacare would lead to euthanasia. I have already recommended that he read Ramesh Ponnuru’s The Party of Death: The Democrats, the Media, the Courts, and the Disregard for Human Life (http://www.amazon.com/Party-Death-Democrats-Courts-Disregard/dp/1596980044). Colleagues who find specific primary materials related to this question can respond to this post or reply privately to my email of record.