This blogpost from Paul Russell addresses Australia's most recent euthanasia-related controversy: http://blog.noeuthanasia.org.au/2014/07/at-last-we-wake-up-to-dr-death.html Russell states that tolerance of any suicide sends a very mixed message such that, "Suicide should be prevented, except, perhaps, you know, when you're really ill or dying; or maybe when you're very … [Read more...] about The Double Standard of Assisted Suicide
Euthanasia/Assisted Suicide Two Sides of the Same Coin
Slippery Slope: Belgian ICU Physicians’ Group Adopts Explicit Policy of Euthanizing Patients Without Consent
The linked statement, which appeared in the Journal of Critical Care, does away with whatever illusions anyone had that only the willing are killed under assisted suicide and euthanasia laws. Euthanasia is legal in Belgium, but until now patient consent has been required. Now Belgian doctors are asserting the right to decide which patients, including children, are … [Read more...] about Slippery Slope: Belgian ICU Physicians’ Group Adopts Explicit Policy of Euthanizing Patients Without Consent
A Good Article from Canada
Thanks to Massachusetts Second Thoughts for sharing this very good article: http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/10/21/court_stays_off_euthanasias_slippery_slope_dimanno.html. Some will object to its conflation of euthanasia and assisted suicide. We think it is correct to do so; these two cannot be separated. Once doctors prescribe a lethal dose of drugs to someone, there … [Read more...] about A Good Article from Canada