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December 8, 2019
Government-Assisted Dying Ascendant in Australia and Ireland (plus stories of hope)
Western Australia poised to become second Australian state to legalize euthanasia after Upper House passes bill; final vote on amendments next week
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-05/wa-voluntary-euthanasia-law-passes-upper-house-vote/11771302
Drumbeat starts for euthanasia in Ireland; 63 percent in favor as cultural shift continues
https://www.irishcentral.com/news/irishvoice/euthanasia-in-ireland-debate
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https://www.lifenews.com/2019/12/04/after-legalizing-abortion-ireland-may-legalize-killing-patients-in-assisted-suicide/
Quebec to consider sliding further down the slippery slope to euthanasia for Alzheimer’s and where death is certain but not imminent (e.g., degenerative diseases)
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/12/quebec-government-begins-consultation.html
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https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/quebec-considers-expanding-eligibility-for-euthanasia-40932
Quebec man finds nursing home living conditions intolerable, asks for euthanasia. #SlipperySlope
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/12/quebec-man-asked-for-euthanasia-based.html
New board of British Columbia hospice society, previously ordered to provide euthanasia, reiterates it will not comply
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/12/delta-bc-hospice-supports-caring.html
Hospice palliative care providers and physicians in Canada debunk the narrative that government-assisted dying is part of palliative care
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/11/canadian-hospice-palliative-care.html
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https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/12/message-to-palliative-care-leaders-hold.html
Wisconsin woman lost all hope in 2012 - bedridden, dying, on pain meds, depressed. Then went to Mexico for treatment and symptoms abated. Now adopts and cares for children with terminal illnesses.
https://madison.com/ct/opinion/column/cori-salchert-assisted-suicide-is-not-the-answer-every-life/article_962560e3-5848-59e9-a2d0-cd6192038618.html
Government-Assisted Dying Ascendant in Australia and Ireland (plus stories of hope)
Western Australia poised to become second Australian state to legalize euthanasia after Upper House passes bill; final vote on amendments next week
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-05/wa-voluntary-euthanasia-law-passes-upper-house-vote/11771302
Drumbeat starts for euthanasia in Ireland; 63 percent in favor as cultural shift continues
https://www.irishcentral.com/news/irishvoice/euthanasia-in-ireland-debate
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https://www.lifenews.com/2019/12/04/after-legalizing-abortion-ireland-may-legalize-killing-patients-in-assisted-suicide/
Quebec to consider sliding further down the slippery slope to euthanasia for Alzheimer’s and where death is certain but not imminent (e.g., degenerative diseases)
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/12/quebec-government-begins-consultation.html
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https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/quebec-considers-expanding-eligibility-for-euthanasia-40932
Quebec man finds nursing home living conditions intolerable, asks for euthanasia. #SlipperySlope
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/12/quebec-man-asked-for-euthanasia-based.html
New board of British Columbia hospice society, previously ordered to provide euthanasia, reiterates it will not comply
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/12/delta-bc-hospice-supports-caring.html
Hospice palliative care providers and physicians in Canada debunk the narrative that government-assisted dying is part of palliative care
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/11/canadian-hospice-palliative-care.html
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https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/12/message-to-palliative-care-leaders-hold.html
Wisconsin woman lost all hope in 2012 - bedridden, dying, on pain meds, depressed. Then went to Mexico for treatment and symptoms abated. Now adopts and cares for children with terminal illnesses.
https://madison.com/ct/opinion/column/cori-salchert-assisted-suicide-is-not-the-answer-every-life/article_962560e3-5848-59e9-a2d0-cd6192038618.html
December 1, 2019
Belgian doc charged with murdering 9 palliative care patients
Belgian doc charged with murdering 9 palliative care patients; claims it was just palliative sedation (which ordinarily does not kill) but appears to be intentional overdosing (how could he make 9 ‘mistakes’?); case raises issue of euthanasia without consent occurring frequently in Belgium
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/11/belgian-doctor-charged-with-murder-in.html
Portuguese bishops unanimously reject euthanasia and assisted suicide as leftists in Parliament push ‘health reform’ (nice euphemism you got there, can I use it?)
https://fsspx.news/en/news-events/news/portugal-bishops-unanimously-reject-euthanasia-and-assisted-suicide-52965
Canadians and their doctors disregarding the law and eligibility criteria, pursuing euthanasia beyond the boundaries of ‘incurable illness’, ‘advanced irreversible decline’, and ‘unbearable suffering’. #SlipperySlope
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/11/ontario-doctor-experiences-problems.html
Suicide rate among factors pulling life expectancy down in the U.S. #DeathCulture
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/theres-something-terribly-wrong-americans-are-dying-young-at-alarming-rates/2019/11/25/d88b28ec-0d6a-11ea-8397-a955cd542d00_story.html
Medical ethics should not be a weather vane driven by polls; some ethical truths are constant and enduring. Margaret Mead warned about pressure on physicians to kill in the name of mercy.
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/11/psychiatrists-must-prevent-suicide-not.html
The euthanistas blather on about ‘freedom’ and ‘compassion’ but true freedom and compassion consists of structuring laws and social norms so no one feels they are under obligation to end their lives
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/there-are-more-loving-alternatives-to-euthanasia/news-story/ab7dc0598ed29bb50e83a2e547275276
Belgian doc charged with murdering 9 palliative care patients
Belgian doc charged with murdering 9 palliative care patients; claims it was just palliative sedation (which ordinarily does not kill) but appears to be intentional overdosing (how could he make 9 ‘mistakes’?); case raises issue of euthanasia without consent occurring frequently in Belgium
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/11/belgian-doctor-charged-with-murder-in.html
Portuguese bishops unanimously reject euthanasia and assisted suicide as leftists in Parliament push ‘health reform’ (nice euphemism you got there, can I use it?)
https://fsspx.news/en/news-events/news/portugal-bishops-unanimously-reject-euthanasia-and-assisted-suicide-52965
Canadians and their doctors disregarding the law and eligibility criteria, pursuing euthanasia beyond the boundaries of ‘incurable illness’, ‘advanced irreversible decline’, and ‘unbearable suffering’. #SlipperySlope
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/11/ontario-doctor-experiences-problems.html
Suicide rate among factors pulling life expectancy down in the U.S. #DeathCulture
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/theres-something-terribly-wrong-americans-are-dying-young-at-alarming-rates/2019/11/25/d88b28ec-0d6a-11ea-8397-a955cd542d00_story.html
Medical ethics should not be a weather vane driven by polls; some ethical truths are constant and enduring. Margaret Mead warned about pressure on physicians to kill in the name of mercy.
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/11/psychiatrists-must-prevent-suicide-not.html
The euthanistas blather on about ‘freedom’ and ‘compassion’ but true freedom and compassion consists of structuring laws and social norms so no one feels they are under obligation to end their lives
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/there-are-more-loving-alternatives-to-euthanasia/news-story/ab7dc0598ed29bb50e83a2e547275276
November 24, 2019
UK High Court Declines to Approve Assisted Suicide
UK high court turns away challenge, thus declining invitation to institute assisted suicide by judicial fiat
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/11/uk-court-refuses-to-hear-challenge-to.html
25th anniversary of assisted suicide in Oregon is nothing to celebrate: ever-expanding eligibility, trail of abuses, rising suicide rate, and toxic cultural consequences
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/11/euthanasia-assisted-suicide-anniversary-oregon-measure-16/
First-ever majority forms in the Netherlands for euthanasia for people who are just tired of living; ‘completed lives’ bill to be introduced early next year. Age 75 today, 55 tomorrow? #DeathCulture
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/right-to-euthanasia-for-people-tired-of-life-supported-by-most-dutch-1.4088750
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/11/alberta-conscience-rights-bill-may-be.html
https://www.lifenews.com/2019/11/22/ohio-nurses-association-slammed-for-supporting-assisted-suicide/
Delaware assisted suicide bill “sold to us as freedom. It is the opposite... it is about abandonment” (Alex Schadenberg)
http://thedialog.org/respect-life/euthanasia-expert-alex-schadenberg-warns-of-another-physician-assisted-suicide-push-in-delaware-legislature/
“Trudeau wants more euthanasia, even as laws are already being abused” (Alex Schadenberg)
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/trudeau-wants-more-euthanasia-even-as-laws-are-already-being-abused
Lower court judge hears arguments against New Jersey’s assisted suicide law; doctor arguing passing along the requester’s file to another doctor is tantamount to participating in murder
https://www.nj.com/politics/2019/11/doctor-tells-judge-njs-new-right-to-die-law-is-murder.html
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/11/justice_gorsuch_condemns_the_death_and_suicide_cult.html
UK High Court Declines to Approve Assisted Suicide
UK high court turns away challenge, thus declining invitation to institute assisted suicide by judicial fiat
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/11/uk-court-refuses-to-hear-challenge-to.html
25th anniversary of assisted suicide in Oregon is nothing to celebrate: ever-expanding eligibility, trail of abuses, rising suicide rate, and toxic cultural consequences
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/11/euthanasia-assisted-suicide-anniversary-oregon-measure-16/
First-ever majority forms in the Netherlands for euthanasia for people who are just tired of living; ‘completed lives’ bill to be introduced early next year. Age 75 today, 55 tomorrow? #DeathCulture
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/right-to-euthanasia-for-people-tired-of-life-supported-by-most-dutch-1.4088750
- How do you get from ‘I am not state property’ and ‘I have a right kill myself’ to the state should help you and doctors should be forced to do it?
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/11/alberta-conscience-rights-bill-may-be.html
- Out of luck: “As an Albertan with a serious, degenerative disease of multiple sclerosis, I want to be able to choose my physician who does not ascribe to, or support euthanasia.”
http://www.humanlifematters.org/2019/11/correspondence-regarding-bill-207.html
https://www.lifenews.com/2019/11/22/ohio-nurses-association-slammed-for-supporting-assisted-suicide/
Delaware assisted suicide bill “sold to us as freedom. It is the opposite... it is about abandonment” (Alex Schadenberg)
http://thedialog.org/respect-life/euthanasia-expert-alex-schadenberg-warns-of-another-physician-assisted-suicide-push-in-delaware-legislature/
“Trudeau wants more euthanasia, even as laws are already being abused” (Alex Schadenberg)
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/trudeau-wants-more-euthanasia-even-as-laws-are-already-being-abused
Lower court judge hears arguments against New Jersey’s assisted suicide law; doctor arguing passing along the requester’s file to another doctor is tantamount to participating in murder
https://www.nj.com/politics/2019/11/doctor-tells-judge-njs-new-right-to-die-law-is-murder.html
- Attorney: “Physicians and other healthcare practitioners who value life above all, along with individuals who believe in the inherent value of every life, must step up to challenge the new law on spiritual, ethical and legal grounds.”
https://www.app.com/story/opinion/columnists/2019/11/13/nj-aid-dying-bill-appeal/4181893002/
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/11/justice_gorsuch_condemns_the_death_and_suicide_cult.html