By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Brian Bird, who is a lecturer at the Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia, wrote an excellent article that was published in the National Post on August 21. It is based on Kathrin Mentler, a Canadian who lives with chronic suicidal thoughts and who was recently …
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By Michael Cook The government of the Australian Capital Territory plans to introduce legislation permitting voluntary assisted dying (VAD) later this year. The Minister for Human Rights, Tara Cheyne, says that there is strong community support for an “Australian model”. She says that this means a law with strict eligibility criteria, a thorough request process, and an independent …
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By Wesley J. Smith Once killing the sufferer becomes a societally acceptable means for ending suffering, there becomes no end to the “suffering” that justifies human termination. We can see this phenomenon most vividly in Canada, because it is happening there more quickly than in most cultures. For example, a recent poll found that 27 percent of Canadians polled strongly or …
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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 Wesley J. Smith The pattern never changes. Euthanasia is legalized under the promise of “strict guidelines” preventing abuse. As time goes on, the strict guidelines are loosened, and then loosened again. Sometimes the process is slow and sometimes fast. But the direction is all one way. In addition to that, doctors may assist the …
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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 Michael Cook Lois Cardinal, a 35-year-old First Nations transwoman from Alberta, Canada, has been denied medical assistance in dying (MAiD) after applying for the procedure due to the pain she experiences from a surgically-built vagina. Cardinal underwent a vaginoplasty in 2009, but developed complications and quickly regretted the procedure. She now feels constant pressure, pain, …
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By Wesley J. Smith Children are being indoctrinated into everything that subverts traditional values these days, and in Canada that includes bringing children along when a loved one is being euthanized — which goes by the euphemism MAID for medical assistance in dying. Children are introduced into the medical killing fields by Canadian Virtual Hospice with its Medical …
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By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Will Potter reported for the Daily Mail on July 9 that Kelsi Sheren (right), a Canadian military veteran who served in the Afghanistan war, is disgusted with the Canadian government’s attitude to euthanasia including making it available to veterans who are suffering from PTSD. Potter writes: Army veteran Kelsi Sheren was …
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“The disciplinary committee condemns the behavior of a healthcare provider but that the person can continue to practice their profession.” By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition An unnamed psychiatrist in the Netherlands has been reprimanded in two euthanasia death. Every case of euthanasia results in a dead patient. How many wrongful deaths are …
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By Michael Cook The United Kingdom and other countries are looking to Canada for guidelines about how to legislate for euthanasia. According to a group called UK Humanists, “We can and should learn from Canada to create laws that are right for the UK”. Canada’s euthanasia regime, which is officially termed “medical assistance in dying” or MAiD, …
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By Right to Life UK Kelsi Sheren was sent to Afghanistan aged 19, after enlisting in the Canadian army in 2009. She developed PTSD as a result of her experiences and, since her return, has become an outspoken critic of Canada’s euthanasia laws, branding them “disgusting and unacceptable”. The army veteran, who witnessed a fellow soldier be …
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