Linked at the end of this post is a very balanced article about euthanasia and assisted suicide: how they are spreading in Europe, how Canada, with last week's court decision, is poised to follow, and how the US is trending in the same direction. It clearly describes the dangers , at least some of them. We wish it had explained more clearly how putting the final decision … [Read more...] about Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide Are Contagious
Euthanasia/Assisted Suicide Two Sides of the Same Coin
Bad But Not Hopeless News From Canada: Good News from Colorado
In a shocking unanimous decision yesterday, Canada's Supreme Court overturned the long-standing countrywide ban on doctor assisted death. The ruling applies to the whole country. Because the ruling did not, as far as we can glean from newspaper reports, require that the poison by which a person's life would be ended must be self administered, we are going to refer to what … [Read more...] about Bad But Not Hopeless News From Canada: Good News from Colorado
Assisted Suicide is Not a Private Act. It is a Social Danger
As the UK Parliament continues to debate legalizing assisted suicide, here's a good article reminding us of what it seems should be obvious to everyone. Assisted suicide is not a private matter. It affects a whole society in ways that should, but no longer do, appall everyone. Suicide itself is known to be contagious. When the social stigma surrounding it is eliminated by … [Read more...] about Assisted Suicide is Not a Private Act. It is a Social Danger
The Slippery Slope from Michael Landon to Brittany Maynard
Think there isn’t a slippery slope? We are in the first stages of a cultural move toward acceptance of euthanasia, driven by the slick PR efforts of Compassion and Choices and others of their ilk. This piece by Wesley Smith on First Things deftly summarizes how attitudes have changed in just 20 … [Read more...] about The Slippery Slope from Michael Landon to Brittany Maynard
Ezekiel Emanuel’s Latest Rant
Ezekiel Emanuel has spent his life building an impressive resume and now, at age 56, he wants the world to know that by 75 he plans to stop working so hard. In fact, he says that if he is still alive at 75, his master plan is to “stop all medical treatment” with the goal of avoiding such horrors of old age as frailty and forgetfulness. Emanuel told Judy Woodruff on PBS News … [Read more...] about Ezekiel Emanuel’s Latest Rant