Weekly Digest - Oct 23, 2025
HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEK
Assisted Suicide Is Not Compassion: It’s Contagion
Lynda Holler, a patient advocate, writes “The dangers of assisted suicide extend far beyond the impact on the patient. It ferments and solidifies the mindset of suicide as an acceptable option for everyone. We must stop the scourge of suicide across all levels of society and that includes assisted suicide.”
New Resource on Abuses of Assisted Suicide
Webinar on Assisted Suicide Danger for Psychiatric Patients
Global Assisted Suicide Movement Targets Children
Proponents of assisted suicide often declare that there have never been abuses of assisted suicide laws in the United States. This is categorically false. This resource provides examples of many abuse cases that have occurred under these coercive and deadly laws.
Join Dr. Mark Komrad, a leading psychiatrist and medical ethicist, for an in-depth discussion on how assisted suicide endangers people struggling with mental illness. Alongside PRAF’s Executive Director, Matt Vallière, Dr. Komrad will discuss why expanding assisted suicide to psychiatric patients represents a serious threat to patient dignity.
Asra Q. Nomani, journalist and author, examines the international push to expand euthanasia laws to include minors. It begins with the story of Markus Schouten, a Canadian teen who opposed assisted suicide for children before dying of cancer in 2022. His family now campaigns against these expansions. The piece highlights ethical, legal, and psychological risks, warning that movements in Canada, Europe, and the UK could normalize youth-assisted suicide and cause “untold damage” to vulnerable children.