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Assisted Suicide
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August 12, 2018
Belgium euthanizing children who could have lived for decades
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/08/10/belgium-euthanasia-commission-defends-euthanizing-three-children-we-did-a-good-thing/
California starts to roll out the rest of the Euthanistas’ hidden agenda, passing bill in state senate to let family members push assisted suicide
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/08/08/california-legislature-passes-bill-letting-people-kill-their-family-members-in-assisted-suicides/
Disabled Canadian has hospital personnel on tape pushing assisted suicide on him, after he is refused proper medical treatment and independent living services
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/08/06/hospital-offers-disabled-man-euthanasia-instead-of-medical-care-and-treatment/
Chile considers whether to become second nation in the region to legalize euthanasia
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-10/chile-ditches-conservative-reputation-as-euthanasia-bill-debated
The Contagion Effect: “In Oregon, Other Suicides Have Increased with the Legalization of Assisted Suicide”
http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2018/08/in-oregon-other-suicides-have-increased.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=ac104e1807-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_08_07_03_09_COPY_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-ac104e1807-198493385
Bioethicist: assisted suicide is an excuse to relieve pain in the wallet and should be rejected
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/bioethics-professor-calls-on-senate-to-reject-assisted-dying-bill-20180811-p4zwxm.html
Belgium euthanizing children who could have lived for decades
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/08/10/belgium-euthanasia-commission-defends-euthanizing-three-children-we-did-a-good-thing/
California starts to roll out the rest of the Euthanistas’ hidden agenda, passing bill in state senate to let family members push assisted suicide
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/08/08/california-legislature-passes-bill-letting-people-kill-their-family-members-in-assisted-suicides/
Disabled Canadian has hospital personnel on tape pushing assisted suicide on him, after he is refused proper medical treatment and independent living services
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/08/06/hospital-offers-disabled-man-euthanasia-instead-of-medical-care-and-treatment/
Chile considers whether to become second nation in the region to legalize euthanasia
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-10/chile-ditches-conservative-reputation-as-euthanasia-bill-debated
The Contagion Effect: “In Oregon, Other Suicides Have Increased with the Legalization of Assisted Suicide”
http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2018/08/in-oregon-other-suicides-have-increased.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=ac104e1807-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_08_07_03_09_COPY_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-ac104e1807-198493385
Bioethicist: assisted suicide is an excuse to relieve pain in the wallet and should be rejected
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/bioethics-professor-calls-on-senate-to-reject-assisted-dying-bill-20180811-p4zwxm.html
August 5, 2018
ACLU calls assisted suicide drug cocktail ‘torture’ ... in capital punishment context.
http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2018/07/euthanasia-drug-execution-drug.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=24eaf6ebb1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_17_12_58_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-24eaf6ebb1-198493385
“Assisted suicide can take up to 4 days, involves ‘nausea, vomiting, and gasping,’ doctors warn”
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/assisted-suicide-can-take-up-to-4-days-involves-nausea-vomiting-and-gasping
Canadians embracing death culture; 3,714 euthanized since law passed in 2015; pace picking up
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/canada-euthanasia-killings-increase-steadily/
Case of brain-injured patient euthanized even though he was not facing death shows up fact Canadian assisted suicide laws are Swiss cheese
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/08/03/disabled-patient-euthanized-even-though-doctors-said-he-wasnt-dying/
Documented cases of mistakes, abuse, and coercion show that ‘safeguards’ in assisted suicide laws are “hollow and circumventable”
http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2018/07/ama-grapples-with-assisted-suicide.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=99e93025d7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_24_01_16_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-99e93025d7-198493385
Dutch doctor reprimanded, may face criminal charges for euthanizing elderly dementia patient against her will; had family hold her down
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/07/27/elderly-woman-resisted-being-euthanized-when-she-saw-the-needle-so-her-family-held-her-down/
3 children who are by definition not legally competent gave so-called ‘consent’ to be euthanized in Belgium in 2016-2017; euthanasia went up 13% in the country overall
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/briannaheldt/2018/07/26/report-three-children-euthanized-in-belgium-n2504184
Dutch prosecutor closes investigation into Final Wish assisted suicide group; not enough evidence group provided suicide powder in death of 19 year-old
http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2018/07/public-prosecutor-drops-investigation.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=99e93025d7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_24_01_16_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-99e93025d7-198493385
Many doctors regret performing assisted suicides; more nasty business about assisted suicide exposed in wide-ranging article
http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2018/07/12-myths-about-assisted-suicide-and.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=72dfbdcddf-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_10_05_25_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-72dfbdcddf-198493385
Belgian mental health professionals resemble Nazi psychiatrists in twisted justifications, moral posing, enthusiasm, and euphemisms for euthanasia
http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2018/06/a-psychiatrist-who-visited-belgium.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=d454331edb-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_03_03_54_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-d454331edb-198493385
‘Brain dead” is dead, right? Not exactly. California teen lived for 5 years after doctors declared her ‘brain dead’. So drop the certitude and have a little humility.
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/06/29/jahi-mcmath-dies-years-after-doctors-called-her-brain-dead-and-refused-to-treat-her/
Induced coma, not assisted suicide, is the answer to the rare true ‘intractable pain’ case; should be offered to such sufferers instead of just pushing assisted suicide on them.
http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2018/07/02/palliative-sedation-an-endoflife-practice-that-is-legal-everywhere
Deliberate lack of palliative care and suicide prevention services shows how aggressively euthanasia lobby is pushing its agenda
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/07/06/patients-forced-to-kill-themselves-in-assisted-suicides-because-they-are-refused-palliative-care/
Majority of med students at South African school support assisted suicide
https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/news/52-of-medical-students-support-assisted-suicide-study-15801582
ACLU calls assisted suicide drug cocktail ‘torture’ ... in capital punishment context.
http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2018/07/euthanasia-drug-execution-drug.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=24eaf6ebb1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_17_12_58_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-24eaf6ebb1-198493385
“Assisted suicide can take up to 4 days, involves ‘nausea, vomiting, and gasping,’ doctors warn”
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/assisted-suicide-can-take-up-to-4-days-involves-nausea-vomiting-and-gasping
Canadians embracing death culture; 3,714 euthanized since law passed in 2015; pace picking up
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/canada-euthanasia-killings-increase-steadily/
Case of brain-injured patient euthanized even though he was not facing death shows up fact Canadian assisted suicide laws are Swiss cheese
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/08/03/disabled-patient-euthanized-even-though-doctors-said-he-wasnt-dying/
Documented cases of mistakes, abuse, and coercion show that ‘safeguards’ in assisted suicide laws are “hollow and circumventable”
http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2018/07/ama-grapples-with-assisted-suicide.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=99e93025d7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_24_01_16_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-99e93025d7-198493385
Dutch doctor reprimanded, may face criminal charges for euthanizing elderly dementia patient against her will; had family hold her down
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/07/27/elderly-woman-resisted-being-euthanized-when-she-saw-the-needle-so-her-family-held-her-down/
3 children who are by definition not legally competent gave so-called ‘consent’ to be euthanized in Belgium in 2016-2017; euthanasia went up 13% in the country overall
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/briannaheldt/2018/07/26/report-three-children-euthanized-in-belgium-n2504184
Dutch prosecutor closes investigation into Final Wish assisted suicide group; not enough evidence group provided suicide powder in death of 19 year-old
http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2018/07/public-prosecutor-drops-investigation.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=99e93025d7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_24_01_16_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-99e93025d7-198493385
Many doctors regret performing assisted suicides; more nasty business about assisted suicide exposed in wide-ranging article
http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2018/07/12-myths-about-assisted-suicide-and.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=72dfbdcddf-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_10_05_25_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-72dfbdcddf-198493385
Belgian mental health professionals resemble Nazi psychiatrists in twisted justifications, moral posing, enthusiasm, and euphemisms for euthanasia
http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2018/06/a-psychiatrist-who-visited-belgium.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=d454331edb-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_03_03_54_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-d454331edb-198493385
‘Brain dead” is dead, right? Not exactly. California teen lived for 5 years after doctors declared her ‘brain dead’. So drop the certitude and have a little humility.
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/06/29/jahi-mcmath-dies-years-after-doctors-called-her-brain-dead-and-refused-to-treat-her/
Induced coma, not assisted suicide, is the answer to the rare true ‘intractable pain’ case; should be offered to such sufferers instead of just pushing assisted suicide on them.
http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2018/07/02/palliative-sedation-an-endoflife-practice-that-is-legal-everywhere
Deliberate lack of palliative care and suicide prevention services shows how aggressively euthanasia lobby is pushing its agenda
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/07/06/patients-forced-to-kill-themselves-in-assisted-suicides-because-they-are-refused-palliative-care/
Majority of med students at South African school support assisted suicide
https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/news/52-of-medical-students-support-assisted-suicide-study-15801582
June 24, 2018
Assisted suicide in Canada is up 30% over the previous 6 months; cancer, NOT pain (the original con job) the main reason
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/maid-assisted-death-increase-1.4715944
Assisted suicide deaths number almost 500 in California since law began; cancer, NOT pain (the original con job) the main reason
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-end-of-life-law-20180622-htmlstory.html
California assisted suicide toll includes one man who was euthanized against his will by his financially self-interested wife under suspicious circumstances
http://www.liberato.us/death-with-dignity-or-so-they-say.html
UK hospital had institutionalized culture of euthanasia, killed over 450 between 1989 and 2000. Moral of the Story: don’t be a difficult patient or you’ll be next!
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/06/21/hospital-killed-more-than-450-patients-in-massive-euthanasia-campaign-by-shortening-their-lives/
Euthanizing the mentally ill is under scrutiny in the Netherlands; problems with actual consent, killing them for feeling hopeless, disagreements among doctors, etc.
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/06/19/doctors-decided-man-with-autism-couldnt-be-treated-so-they-euthanized-him/
Assisted suicide for the mentally ill under debate in Canada; advancements in treatment undercut the argument for it
http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2018/06/how-crazy-is-it-to-encourage-mentally.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=63df300b9f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_06_18_05_07_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-63df300b9f-198493385
New York assisted suicide activists vow to make another effort next year. #TheLeftNeverQuits
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-pol-physician-assisted-suicide-20180617-story.html
Doctors in Switzerland objecting to new guidelines that would make assisted suicide a normal part of medical responsibilities.
https://www.bmj.com/content/361/bmj.k2661
Two Indiana men help 31-year-old woman commit suicide; one arrested, the other is on the run. Charges carry 20 years in prison.
http://www.fox19.com/story/38462412/why-would-you-give-her-a-gun-man-sought-in-indiana-assisted-suicide-case
“Doctor-assisted suicide increases overall suicide rates among the non-terminally ill everywhere it’s made legal.” Assisted suicide is CONTAGIOUS!
http://www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/melinda-henneberger/article213548244.html#storylink=cpy
Another mistaken prognosis – Rick Santorum was told his daughter would die after birth. She just turned 10.
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/06/19/doctors-said-rick-santorums-daughter-bella-would-die-after-birth-she-just-turned-10/
Media cheerleading, legalization, and prejudice against the elderly (‘their lives are not worth living’) are among the factors fueling increasing acceptance of assisted suicide
https://evolutionnews.org/2018/06/how-contemporary-society-promotes-elder-suicide/
More creative responses to end-of-life concerns can undercut assisted suicide push – listen to the patient, their worries of being ‘a burden on others’ can be ameliorated by treating anxiety, etc.
https://www.thewitnessonline.org/faithformation/responding-to-requests-for-physician-assisted-suicide/
Society should be focusing on better palliative care, not assisted suicide.
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/06/22/what-are-the-five-best-arguments-against-euthanasia/
Assisted suicide in Canada is up 30% over the previous 6 months; cancer, NOT pain (the original con job) the main reason
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/maid-assisted-death-increase-1.4715944
Assisted suicide deaths number almost 500 in California since law began; cancer, NOT pain (the original con job) the main reason
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-end-of-life-law-20180622-htmlstory.html
California assisted suicide toll includes one man who was euthanized against his will by his financially self-interested wife under suspicious circumstances
http://www.liberato.us/death-with-dignity-or-so-they-say.html
UK hospital had institutionalized culture of euthanasia, killed over 450 between 1989 and 2000. Moral of the Story: don’t be a difficult patient or you’ll be next!
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/06/21/hospital-killed-more-than-450-patients-in-massive-euthanasia-campaign-by-shortening-their-lives/
Euthanizing the mentally ill is under scrutiny in the Netherlands; problems with actual consent, killing them for feeling hopeless, disagreements among doctors, etc.
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/06/19/doctors-decided-man-with-autism-couldnt-be-treated-so-they-euthanized-him/
Assisted suicide for the mentally ill under debate in Canada; advancements in treatment undercut the argument for it
http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2018/06/how-crazy-is-it-to-encourage-mentally.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=63df300b9f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_06_18_05_07_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-63df300b9f-198493385
New York assisted suicide activists vow to make another effort next year. #TheLeftNeverQuits
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-pol-physician-assisted-suicide-20180617-story.html
Doctors in Switzerland objecting to new guidelines that would make assisted suicide a normal part of medical responsibilities.
https://www.bmj.com/content/361/bmj.k2661
Two Indiana men help 31-year-old woman commit suicide; one arrested, the other is on the run. Charges carry 20 years in prison.
http://www.fox19.com/story/38462412/why-would-you-give-her-a-gun-man-sought-in-indiana-assisted-suicide-case
“Doctor-assisted suicide increases overall suicide rates among the non-terminally ill everywhere it’s made legal.” Assisted suicide is CONTAGIOUS!
http://www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/melinda-henneberger/article213548244.html#storylink=cpy
Another mistaken prognosis – Rick Santorum was told his daughter would die after birth. She just turned 10.
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/06/19/doctors-said-rick-santorums-daughter-bella-would-die-after-birth-she-just-turned-10/
Media cheerleading, legalization, and prejudice against the elderly (‘their lives are not worth living’) are among the factors fueling increasing acceptance of assisted suicide
https://evolutionnews.org/2018/06/how-contemporary-society-promotes-elder-suicide/
More creative responses to end-of-life concerns can undercut assisted suicide push – listen to the patient, their worries of being ‘a burden on others’ can be ameliorated by treating anxiety, etc.
https://www.thewitnessonline.org/faithformation/responding-to-requests-for-physician-assisted-suicide/
Society should be focusing on better palliative care, not assisted suicide.
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/06/22/what-are-the-five-best-arguments-against-euthanasia/