Category: End of Life

By Michael Cook A few months ago three doctors stated flatly in JAMA that the American system of advance care planning (ACP) is broken. Logic was on its side: what could be more sensible than having serious discussions well in advance about what should be done in end-of-life care. But experience has showed that the reality is …

By Bonnie Finnerty, Education Director, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation On January 18, 2019, I eagerly accepted the position of Education Director at the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation. My former career as a teacher coupled with my life-long advocacy of life issues led me to believe this was the job for which I had long been searching.  Part-time …

By Maria V. Gallagher, Legislative Director, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation Editor’s note. This tender story was first posted last year. As I write these word, I know of two women who are accompanying loved ones on their final journeys. One is a wife, tending to her dying husband. The other is a daughter, spending the remaining …

By Wesley J. Smith As if we needed further evidence that medicine is growing increasingly impersonal, the Canadian Medical Association Journal has published a study that claims a computer program can predict when seniors have six months to live. From the Global News story: Amid a lack of proper support for Canadians receiving home-based support …

A man with a degenerative disease who was determined to live-stream his death via Facebook, has made a “U-turn towards life” and has accepted palliative care. By SPUC– the Society for the Protection of Unborn Life “Mr. Cocq has made a U-turn towards life,” said Antonia Tully of SPUC’s Lives Worth Living campaign. “This is …

By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. Sunday is Father’s Day. Last week, we  began a series that will run up through this Friday which will include new stories about men and abortion (often in the context of crisis pregnancies but also just about being a dad) and reposts of the best of previously published stories. This …

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Hospice New Zealand has applied for an urgent court injunction concerning their right to conscientiously object to doing euthanasia.  The New Zealand parliament passed a euthanasia bill—”The End of Life Choice Act”–in November 2019 by a vote of 69 to 51. In order to get the bill passed …

By Maria V. Gallagher, Legislative Director, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation As I write these words, I know of two women who are accompanying loved ones on their final journeys. One is a wife, tending to her dying husband. The other is a daughter, spending the remaining precious moments with her ailing father. At such times, the …

Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The Canadian Press reported that a hospice society in British Columbia is outraged by the governments decision to stop its funding because it refuses to provide (MAiD) euthanasia. Angelina Ireland, President of the Delta Hospice, told the Canadian Press: …if the government wants to implement medical help in …