Members of Beltway Right to Life attend Advocacy Day against doctor-prescribed suicide in D.C. Today, the D.C. Council Health and Human Services Committee voted to advance B-21-38 (the so-called “Death with Dignity Act”), which would legalize doctor-prescribed suicide in the nation’s capital. A broad coalition of D.C. residents including members of the disability community, medical … Read more
By Jennifer Popik, JD, Robert Powell Center for Medical Ethics Editor’s note. My family and I will be on vacation through September 6. I will occasionally add new items but for the most part we will repost “the best of the best” — the stories our readers have told us they especially liked over the … Read more
By Evan Lips State Rep. Louis Kafka (D-Stoughton) testifies in support of his proposal in November.(Evan Lips – New Boston Post) BOSTON — A controversial bill aimed at legalizing physician-assisted suicide in the Bay State appears to be off the table for the current legislative session. The proposal was facing a key Thursday deadline, in … Read more
Yesterday, at its annual meeting in Chicago, the American Medical Association (AMA) rejected a Louisiana State Medical Society proposal to reaffirm the AMA’s long-standing policy against physician assisted suicide. Instead it approved a study-resolution to explore AMA adoption of a neutral position on physician assisted suicide, which was often referred to as “aid-in-dying” in the … Read more
By Jennifer Popik, JD, Robert Powell Center for Medical Ethics After last year’s unprecedented number of bills attempting to legalize assisting suicide, 2016 is again shaping up to be an active year on the euthanasia front. Despite last year’s major setback when California become the fourth state to join the ranks of states that authorize … Read more
By Dave Andrusko The BBC, whose support for euthanasia and assisted suicide knows no bounds, has announced that it will air a documentary that shows businessman Simon Binner talking his own life last October. “How to Die: Simon’s Choice” shows Binner lying on a bed before opening a valve that allows a lethal drug to … Read more
By Dave Andrusko California Gov. Jerry Brown What a surprise. A relentlessly enthusiastic advocate of abortion on demand to infinitely and beyond praises California Gov. Jerry Brown for his “humble, humane decision” to unleash the dogs of doctor-prescribed suicide against “the poor, the disabled, the marginalized, and the elderly” (to quote Prof. O. Carter Snead). … Read more
By Wesley J. Smith Kathryn Tucker The suicide pushers want to win by any means possible. Hence, Kathryn Tucker, the lawyer who brought the [1997 Supreme Court case of] Glucksberg , wants judges to impose assisted suicide legalization on us all. From, the California Lawyer story on the so far unsuccessful fight here to pass … Read more
By Alex Schadenberg, International Chair – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Gill Pharoah In September 2008, Lady Warnock, one of Britain’s leading moral philosophers stated in an interview that: Pensioners in mental decline are “wasting people’s lives” because of the care they require and should be allowed to opt for euthanasia even if they are not in … Read more
By Alex Schadenberg International Chair, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Gill Pharoah The Switzerland suicide juggernaut rolls on, now claiming the life of a healthy retired nurse from the UK. Gill Pharoah, who was a supporter of euthanasia told the media that she went to the Swiss suicide clinic to avoid old age. The Care Not Killing … Read more