Most articles about the death of Jack Kevorkian have been fairly objective, but the bulk of the comments about the articles have been hymns of praise for the doctor, who died receiving the kind of palliative care everyone deserves and with the music of JS Bach playing in the background. Despite having liver cancer, ironically the same disease from which the woman who commits … [Read more...] about “Not Dead Yet” Puts the “We Treat Animals More Kindly than Human Beings” Argument to Sleep
A Reminder to Beware of Deception through the Manipulation of Language.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 posting by Alex Schadenberg on the blog of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2011/06/more-americans-believe-that-assisted.html) More Americans believe that Assisted Suicide is morally wrong The recent Gallup poll in America shows that 45% of those polled thought that physician-assisted suicide was morally … [Read more...] about A Reminder to Beware of Deception through the Manipulation of Language.
How to Die in Oregon – or how to sidestep hard questions
By Michael Goldberg and Matt Goldberg Posted on the Washington Post "On Faith" blog, ( http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/guest-voices/post/how-to-die-in-oregon--or-how-to-sidestep-hard-questions/2011/05/27/AGJJPiCH_blog.html) Thursday night, HBO aired How to Die in Oregon, the winner of this year’s Grand Jury Prize in the documentary category at Sundance. The film, though … [Read more...] about How to Die in Oregon – or how to sidestep hard questions
Physician-Assisted Suicide: Not Legal in Montana; A Recipe for Elder Abuse and More
By Margaret Dore,an attorney in Washington State where assisted suicide is legal. For more information, see www.margaretdore.com. This article was posted May 24 at http://margaretdore.blogspot.com/2011/05/physician-assisted-suicide-not-legal-in.html. A. Introduction Proponents claim that physician-assisted suicide is legal in Montana. This is untrue. A bill that would have … [Read more...] about Physician-Assisted Suicide: Not Legal in Montana; A Recipe for Elder Abuse and More
How We Will Fight Not to Die in Vermont
We are about to be subjected to multiple HBO screenings of a film called “How to Die in Oregon” that won the prize for best documentary at the Sundance Film festival this year in spite (or perhaps because?) of being a transparent ad for assisted suicide. Yesterday, a pro-assisted-.com-suicide Vermont website, www.vtdigger.com, ran a video clip that shows our … [Read more...] about How We Will Fight Not to Die in Vermont