John Smeaton: Euthanasia advocates don’t look past the suffering to see the person, says disabled leader
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ZENIT News: Australia’s Euthanasia Debate
A heated debate is going on in Australia over euthanasia, sparked off by legislative proposals at both federal and state levels brought by the Green party. Read more …
Mercy Notes: Palliative Care & Assisted Suicide
Would you like to know where things stand with palliative care and assisted suicide in the United States? The latest issue of Mercy Notes, from LCMS World Relief and Human
John Smeaton: Money more valuable than human life, says Baroness Warnock
Daniel Blackman, a researcher for the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, has sent a report on last Tuesday evening’s Intelligence Squared debate on assisted suicide. Read more …
Swiss suicide clinic Dignitas calls for cocktail of drugs to be made available for heartbroken relatives as well
Swiss suicide clinic Dignitas has called for the healthy partners of chronically ill euthanasia patients to be allowed to kill themselves too. Read more …
Vegetative state patients may soon be able to communicate
Researchers from Cambridge University in the UK have been able to communicate with brain-injured patients in “locked states” commonly referred to as persistent vegetative states (PVS). ivomec chien puces They
Great News from Western Australia on Euthanasia
A euthanasia bill in Western Australia which would have ‘turned doctors from being healers and carers into killers’ has been defeated. Read more …
Swiss Gov’t Rejects Call to Ban Assisted Suicide
The Swiss government has rejected calls to ban assisted suicide groups such as Dignitas but will propose new rules to restrict their work. Assisted suicide is legal in Switzerland provided
Dutch euthanasia cases up 13 per cent last year
A new report on an increase in Dutch euthanasia cases.
Making the choice between life and death
The BBC recently posted this extraorinary video and story on Richard Rudd, who was in a motorcycle accident in 2009. His dad now says, “We all sit round and talk in