The article by Goldin appears to support the group Dying With Dignity who support child euthanasia. The article states: THE FACTS: Social media users are misrepresenting a screenshot of the advocacy organization’s website as proof that the Canadian government is pushing its youth to cut their lives short. The screenshot shows the top of a …
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By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition A report by the Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying (AMAD) that was tabled [introduced] in the House of Commons on February 15, 2023 called for a further expansion of euthanasia (MAiD) in Canada. The report recommended, among other things, that euthanasia be expanded to include children …
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By Scott Fischbach, Executive Director, Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life Global Outreach (MCCL GO) The UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights recently solicited input for a report regarding the rights of children with disabilities. MCCL GO provided a contribution that drew attention to the problems with child euthanasia. The Netherlands permits the euthanasia of children …
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By Wesley J. Smith I always say that if you want to know what is likely to go wrong in healthcare (and society) in the coming years, you should read ethics articles in professional journals. Case in point: With lethal-injection euthanasia now legal in Canada for patients age 18 and over whose deaths are “foreseeable” …
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The Canadian doctors think that children are capable of consenting to being killed. They also want to “reduce social stigma” By SPUC—the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children In a horrifying example of how far down the euthanasia slippery slope Canada is travelling, a group of doctors at a children’s hospital have written …
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By Michael Cook Euthanasia, or “medical aid in dying”, was authorised by Canada’s Supreme Court in June 2016. It was a controversial decision and the controversy is far from over. Three issues were left hanging: euthanasia for “mature minors”, euthanasia for people with mental illness, and advance directives for euthanasia. The government asked the Council …
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By Lisa Blumberg Editor’s note. This was published yesterday by Not Dead Yet, a disability rights group. The Belgium Federal Commission on the Control and Evaluation of Euthanasia in its most recent report of Belgium euthanasia statistics stated that between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2017, three children died by lethal injection under the …
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By Wesley J. Smith The U.S. assisted-suicide movement pretends to want a limited legalization of assisted suicide to competent adults with a terminal illness. That’s not true. It’s just the expedient to persuade us to accept the premise that suicide or killing is an acceptable solution to human suffering. If we ever do that — …
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By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The January 10, 2018 edition of the journal Pediatrics features an “Ethics Round” article titled: Should Pediatric Euthanasia be Legalized? The Pediatrics article features comments by proponents and opponents of child euthanasia—“philosophers from the United States and the Netherlands, and a Dutch pediatrician.” The article clarifies …
Continue reading "Netherlands Euthanasia “experts” advocate for child euthanasia – with or without consent"By Dave Andrusko NRL News and NRL News Today have run a number of posts about what was inevitable: the first child euthanized in Belgium under its anything-goes “assisted suicide” regime. I am taking this opportunity to repost what we wrote about the law when it was first passed in December 2013. At the time …
Continue reading "What we said in 2013 when child euthanasia was legalized in the Netherlands has come true with a vengeance"By Michael Cook Editor’s note. This was first reposted this past May. The Dutch Health Minister, Edith Schippers, has earmarked almost 400,000 Euros for a study of whether to expand eligibility for euthanasia to children between 1 and 12. At the moment, children under 1 may be killed with the consent of their parents following …
Continue reading "Dutch pediatricians seek child euthanasia"By Paul Russell, Founder, HOPE Australia The Daily Mail in Scotland has a front page article claiming that Scottish Children’s Charities have called for the inclusion of euthanasia for children to be included in the reach of the euthanasia bill under debate in Holyrood (Scottish Parliament). One group has apparently called for the revision …
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