Tag: mental illness

No surprise. NYTimes Op-Ed Pushes Assisted Suicide for the Mentally Ill

By Wesley J. Smith The phony argument that legalized assisted suicide will permanently be limited to the terminally ill took a big hit by a New York Times op-ed in which an oft-suicidal Canadian philosophy professor, Clancy Martin, argues that mentally ill people who are suicidal should receive help from doctors to die. Martin’s first paragraph makes clear why …

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Trudeau’s Liberal Party Rejects Ban on Euthanizing Mentally Ill Patients

By Kim Schwartz, Texas Righto Life Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party recently voted down a bill that aimed to prevent the state from euthanizing mentally ill Canadians. The bill, introduced by Conservative lawmaker Ed Fast as private members bill C-314, sought to amend Canada’s Criminal Code, asserting that a mental disorder should not be considered a grievous …

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Canada and Assisted Suicide for Psychiatric Patients

By Nancy Valko My first husband and the father of my children was a caring man and dedicated psychiatrist who himself eventually became disabled by mental illness. Early in our marriage, I helped him write his medical journal articles and we planned to eventually include me in his psychiatric practice to work with the families …

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Euthanizing the Mentally Ill in the Netherlands

By Wesley J. Smith The latest report from the Netherlands on euthanasia practice includes a case study of a woman killed by her psychiatrist solely due to mental illness, specifically, depression.  From the Regional Committees Annual Report 2010: “More than four years before the patient died she was diagnosed with vital depression. Her medical history …

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