By bioethicist Wesley Smith, this article appeared on "The Human Future", the blog of the Center for Bioethics and Culture Network. Assisted Suicide as Elder Abuse Posted on September 6, 2011 by The CBC By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Anyone paying close attention to recent events must know that the assisted suicide movement’s ultimate … [Read more...] about Assisted Suicide as Elder Abuse
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Euthanasia Campaigner Shows Signs of Wavering on the Issue.
The article in italics below, by Alex Schadenberg, of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, can be accessed at http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2011_09_01_archive.html. Tuesday, September 6, 2011 Margaret Battin, a long-time researcher and promoter of legal euthanasia and assisted suicide appears to be showing signs of wavering on her position while caring for her … [Read more...] about Euthanasia Campaigner Shows Signs of Wavering on the Issue.
The Evidence Refutes Pro-Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia Study
The following is from the blog of Alex Schadenberg, director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition. It is interesting in its own right, but particularly interesting in the light of a September 7 post on Schadenberg's blog. Monday, August 29, 2011 Margaret Battin research article was false when published in 2007 and remains false today. Euthanasia supporter … [Read more...] about The Evidence Refutes Pro-Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia Study
Social Justice, Doctor Assisted Suicide Don’t Mix
The Following Op-ed piece is from today's issue of the Burlington (Vermont) Free Press Tue, Sep 6, 2011 | Updated: 8:24 AM My Turn: Social justice, doctor assisted suicide don't mix Pete Gummere September 6, 2011 I recently came across a copy of a Free Press editorial from back on April 17 ("Assisted suicide bill fails transparency test"). In that piece, the Free … [Read more...] about Social Justice, Doctor Assisted Suicide Don’t Mix
Here’s a thought: what if, when you are 70, a bit frail, a bit needy, someone else decides that life would be a lot easier without you around? They can let you know, subtly, quietly, that their happiness and fortune would benefit a great deal from your speedy exit. They can pull at your heart strings and leave you thinking that, really, you owe them this. That’s when legalising assisted suicide turns tricky: because “suicide” in these cases is a euphemism. It’s murder.
This article, in the Sept. 5 edition of the London Daily Telegraph, is a reminder of the social forces we are fighting and of why we fight them. Britain has legalised assisted suicide when no one was looking Cristina Odone http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/cristinaodone/100103167/britain-has-legalised-assisted-suicide-when-no-one-was-looking/ I read the splash in … [Read more...] about Here’s a thought: what if, when you are 70, a bit frail, a bit needy, someone else decides that life would be a lot easier without you around? They can let you know, subtly, quietly, that their happiness and fortune would benefit a great deal from your speedy exit. They can pull at your heart strings and leave you thinking that, really, you owe them this. That’s when legalising assisted suicide turns tricky: because “suicide” in these cases is a euphemism. It’s murder.