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Suicide is never death with dignity, and assisted suicide legislation threatens true patient choices at the end of life.

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Transcript of Assisted Suicide Debate in British House of Lords

July 19, 2014 by Administrators

There's some good stuff in here.  We may be posting some of these comments on their own in the next few days.  The bad effects of assisted suicide will be the same everywhere.   http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201415/ldhansrd/text/140718-0001.htm#14071854000545 … [Read more...] about Transcript of Assisted Suicide Debate in British House of Lords

I know from my experience in hospital…they’ll just give us the medication. It’ll be a way of getting rid of us.

July 18, 2014 by Administrators

Tanni Grey-Thompson is a former wheelchair racer and now a member of Britain's House of Lords, which today, after more than nine hours of debate, voted to allow a bill to legalize assisted suicide to receive a second reading, a reading that took place immediately after the vote.  This means that the bill has taken an important and scary step towards becoming law.  It could soon … [Read more...] about I know from my experience in hospital…they’ll just give us the medication. It’ll be a way of getting rid of us.

If Assisted Suicide is Legalized, Soon It Will Be Expected: Another Good Article From Britain

July 18, 2014 by Administrators

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/elderhealth/10946221/If-dying-with-dignity-is-legalised-soon-it-will-be-expected.html … [Read more...] about If Assisted Suicide is Legalized, Soon It Will Be Expected: Another Good Article From Britain

Dutch Ethicist Who Supported Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide Now Says Legalization Was a Terrible Mistake

July 18, 2014 by Administrators

The link below contains an article about Dutch ethicist Theo Boer's testimony against legalization of assisted suicide/euthanasia before the British House of Lords.  At the end you can find the testimony itself. Dr. Boer points out that, in the Netherlands: 1.  With euthanasia deaths and assisted suicides increasing at a rate of 15% annually, "euthanasia is on the way to … [Read more...] about Dutch Ethicist Who Supported Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide Now Says Legalization Was a Terrible Mistake

The Double Standard of Assisted Suicide

July 8, 2014 by Administrators

This blogpost from Paul Russell addresses Australia's most recent euthanasia-related controversy: http://blog.noeuthanasia.org.au/2014/07/at-last-we-wake-up-to-dr-death.html Russell states that tolerance of any suicide sends a very mixed message such that, "Suicide should be prevented, except, perhaps, you know, when you're really ill or dying; or maybe when you're very … [Read more...] about The Double Standard of Assisted Suicide

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