Our friends at the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition received a positive response to a request that the Canadian Government appeal the euthanasia exemption given to Gloria Taylor. As you likely recall Gloria Taylor was granted a constitutional exemption to Canada's law against assisted suicide and euthanasia by Justice Lynn Smith in the Carter case. That exemption was again … [Read more...] about Canadian Government Plans Euthanasia Exemption Appeal
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Letter to the Editor Questions Attorney General Candidate’s Stance on Assisted Suicide
A Letter to the Editor in today's Burlington Free Press questions Vermont Attorney General Candidate, T.J. Donovan's, support of assisted suicide. Brenda Pepin of Montpelier notes that Donovan has acknowledged his need to prosecute abuse against the elderly and the vulnerable, but then supports assisted suicide. She poses the following question to Donovan, that makes clear … [Read more...] about Letter to the Editor Questions Attorney General Candidate’s Stance on Assisted Suicide
Deconstructing the Myth that Wealth Protects against Pressure to Die from Assisted Suicide
The August 13, 2012 edition of the New York Times contains a puff piece for assisted suicide that uses an anecdote about an Oregon physician to rehash the tattered argument that assisted suicide is safe because most of those who commit suicide where assistance is legal are affluent, insured, and well-educated. Because they could afford to pay for care, they are presumed not to … [Read more...] about Deconstructing the Myth that Wealth Protects against Pressure to Die from Assisted Suicide
Head of German Medical Association: Physician-assisted Suicide “Something from a Madhouse”
A disagreement has arisen in Germany over assisted suicide laws. During a discussion of how to implement a previous agreement by the coalition government to ban commercial assisted suicide, the country’s libertarian justice minister has proposed that the law exempt from prosecution any person or group offering “profit-free” assistance in suicide to a terminally ill person. This … [Read more...] about Head of German Medical Association: Physician-assisted Suicide “Something from a Madhouse”
Some Excellent News: Boston’s Mayor Menino Names Today John B. Kelly Day
John B. Kelly is the founder of Second Thoughts, the group of disability rights activists opposing assisted suicide in Massachusetts. If you haven't seen him in action, there is a video attached to the article linked below. He is a terrific fighter for our cause, and we congratulate him on receiving this well-deserved … [Read more...] about Some Excellent News: Boston’s Mayor Menino Names Today John B. Kelly Day