Tag: aid in dying

By Mark Pickup Editor’s note. Mr. Pickup, who has multiple sclerosis, is a Canadian disability rights activist who has spoken at National Right to Life’s annual convention. This appeared on his blog. “’Take my name off the list, I can’t do any more’ some doctors backing out of assisted death,” by Sharon Kirkey, National Post, …

By Stephen Drake Editor’s note: Stephen Drake is the research analyst for the disability rights organization “Not Dead Yet.” This article was published by the Rochester NY Democrat and Chronicle on October 30 and republished on the Not Dead Yet website October 31. Recently, you’re hearing and reading a lot about “aid in dying” — …

By Wesley J. Smith Sophistry, redefinition of terms, blurring vital distinctions, postmodern deconstruction of words–such are the weapons wielded by assisted suicide ideologues as they work unceasingly to undermine Hippocratic medical values and promote suicide as a “medical treatment.” Here in California, the assisted suicide pushing attorney, Kathryn Tucker, has filed a lawsuit seeking a …

Editor’s note. This appears on the webpage of True Dignity Vermont: Vermont Citizens Against Assisted Suicide. I returned to my native Idaho in December 2009. Previously we lived in Spokane, where in 2008 I served as chairperson of the Coalition Against Assisted Suicide. This letter responds to Sen. Anders Blewett’s letter, “Physician aid in dying: …