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The sponsor of the Delaware assisted suicide bill introduced an amendment apparently designed to address disability related concerns. It’s always good to know that disability opposition has gotten their attention, but this amendment is a total failure and completely misses the point, any point we’ve made. A disability response to the amendment is below. The battle …

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The Utah House passed a bill Tuesday that would criminalize helping someone commit suicide — despite some concern from lawmakers that the bill could unintentionally target physicians or family members of terminally ill patients. Rep. Michael McKell, R-Spanish Fork, has sponsored House Bill 86, which would amend Utah’s manslaughter statute to include assisted suicide. This …

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More than a dozen Massachusetts doctors, including Fitchburg family physician Dr. Mark Rollo, gathered at the Statehou0se on Wednesday to voice opposition to a bill that would legalize physician-assisted suicide under certain conditions. The bill, currently before the Legislature’s Public Health Committee, would allow a person with a terminal illness — defined as a prognosis …

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Setting aside the many ethical and moral problems, supporting suicide as a solution is in effect elevating Jack’s disorder above his own worth as a human being. It’s giving power to his mental illness, and conceding defeat when there is still hope. This is the exact opposite of what we do as therapists. People are …

Euthanizing The Mentally Ill Just Lets Their Illness Win Read More »

Ohio lawmakers will consider a proposal by Senator Charleta B. Tavares to legalize physician-assisted suicide in Ohio. The bill is based off those from states such as Oregon and will allow an increase in options for terminally ill adults planning their end of life care. Today, we take a look at what the bill would …

Interview: John B. Kelly on Physician Assisted Suicide in Ohio Read More »

Centuries from now, one of the things our era will be known for is the plague of dying badly. A growing number of physicians believe that one solution is helping their dying patients choose to end their lives. I disagree. I’m proud of being a physician and a lifelong political progressive. I ardently believe in …

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In the first Canadian test of conscience rights for doctors who oppose assisted death, an Ontario court has upheld regulations requiring the objectors to refer their patients to physicians willing to perform the procedure. Groups representing 4,700 Christian doctors had challenged Ontario’s regulations requiring the referrals, saying that making such a referral was morally equivalent …

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Recent news from the Netherlands illustrates how its euthanasia regime is among the world’s most permissive. It shows no signs of slowing down. Aurelia Browers, a 29-year-old mentally ill woman, was granted her wish and euthanized last weekend, demonstrating the slippery slope confronting those countries in which euthanasia and assisted-suicide laws are becoming ever laxer. …

29 and Euthanized: Dark News from the Netherlands Read More »

Canadians who are sick and suicidal can now be put to death under various medicalized and government-approved protocols, following court and legislative victories by euthanasia activists. These activists are now turning their considerable talents to a coercive makeover of the palliative hospice movement by demanding that hospices founded on a promise to never deliberately hasten …

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A bill to explicitly criminalize assisted suicide has passed its first committee hurdle.  The bill would add to the definition of “manslaughter” the act of providing the means for someone to commit suicide with knowledge of the suicidal person’s intent to act lethally. From HB 86: (a) “Aids” means the act of providing the physical means. (b) …

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