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Assisted Suicide
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April 14, 2019
New York’s infanticide-supporting Governor Cuomo announces support for assisted suicide. #ItAllFits
https://www.wkbw.com/news/state-news/gov-cuomo-supports-legalizing-physician-assisted-suicide
Euthanasia and infanticide used to be crimes of murder; now they are ‘lifestyle choices’. #NoRespectForLife
https://www.heraldcourier.com/opinion/your-view-abortion-a-trending-problem-national-infanticide-more-probable/article_d7f35a5c-c342-5540-beb4-2f9af8609466.html
Two bills that would expand Oregon’s assisted suicide law are scheduled for votes - eliminate the waiting period, enable coercion and murder by those with bad intent
https://www.lifenews.com/2019/04/08/oregon-schedules-votes-on-bills-to-euthanize-patients-push-them-into-assisted-suicide/
Recent New Jersey law tells taxpayers they must fund assisted suicide through Medicaid
https://www.lifenews.com/2019/04/12/new-jersey-gov-signs-bill-making-it-7th-state-to-legalize-assisted-suicide-will-force-taxpayers-to-fund-suicides/
Professional groups condemn American Nurses Association proposal to drop opposition to assisted suicide
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/04/while-opposition-to-nursing-involvement.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=9dd7b8d636-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_04_12_08_01_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-9dd7b8d636-198493385
More on nurses choosing palliative care over euthanasia
https://www.lifenews.com/2019/04/11/nurse-quit-after-doctors-in-belgium-euthanized-patients-instead-of-treating-their-conditions/
Netherlands euthanasia deaths drop by 7%; reasons under study
https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2019/04/euthanasia-cases-drop-by-7-accounting-for-4-of-total-deaths-in-nl/
Report on end-of-life care in Quebec summarized (e.g., data lacking on palliative care)
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/04/summary-report-on-end-of-life-care-in.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=9dd7b8d636-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_04_12_08_01_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-9dd7b8d636-198493385
French death doctor not allowed back into medicine, court rules (euthanasia is illegal in France)
https://www.thelocal.fr/20190411/french-euthanasia-doctor-cannot-return-to-work-european-court-rules
Italian prosecutors looking into case of 47-year-old non-terminal Sicilian woman who traveled to Swiss death clinic to find relief from her depression
http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2019/04/11/probe-into-depressed-woman-euthanasia_aba9c9f7-70c7-4975-834d-afe35e4be628.html
The next time you hear someone say the ‘slippery slope’ argument in assisted suicide is invalid - New Zealand lawmaker trims back radical bill to terminal illness with 6 mo.s to live in bid to gain support
https://www.noted.co.nz/health/health/voluntary-euthanasia-bill-opponents-say-sponsors-tinkerings-desperate/
New Zealand commission finds euthanasia bill ‘unworkable’; 90% of the comments were opposed despite claims of public support
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/04/new-zealand-committee-says-euthanasia.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=05ba7dc699-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_04_10_12_46&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-05ba7dc699-198493385
“New Zealand native group rallies against euthanasia bill”
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/04/new-zealand-native-group-rallies.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=9dd7b8d636-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_04_12_08_01_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-9dd7b8d636-198493385
Suicidal New Zealand tetraplegic turns against euthanasia, finds fulfillment in life (video story)
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/04/watch-claires-story-euthanasia-deadly.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=05ba7dc699-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_04_10_12_46&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-05ba7dc699-198493385
Belgium going off the deep end; euthanasia for people who aren’t dying and public officials conspire to violate the law
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2019/april/euthanasia-becoming-default-way-to-die-in-belgium
New York’s infanticide-supporting Governor Cuomo announces support for assisted suicide. #ItAllFits
https://www.wkbw.com/news/state-news/gov-cuomo-supports-legalizing-physician-assisted-suicide
Euthanasia and infanticide used to be crimes of murder; now they are ‘lifestyle choices’. #NoRespectForLife
https://www.heraldcourier.com/opinion/your-view-abortion-a-trending-problem-national-infanticide-more-probable/article_d7f35a5c-c342-5540-beb4-2f9af8609466.html
Two bills that would expand Oregon’s assisted suicide law are scheduled for votes - eliminate the waiting period, enable coercion and murder by those with bad intent
https://www.lifenews.com/2019/04/08/oregon-schedules-votes-on-bills-to-euthanize-patients-push-them-into-assisted-suicide/
Recent New Jersey law tells taxpayers they must fund assisted suicide through Medicaid
https://www.lifenews.com/2019/04/12/new-jersey-gov-signs-bill-making-it-7th-state-to-legalize-assisted-suicide-will-force-taxpayers-to-fund-suicides/
Professional groups condemn American Nurses Association proposal to drop opposition to assisted suicide
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/04/while-opposition-to-nursing-involvement.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=9dd7b8d636-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_04_12_08_01_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-9dd7b8d636-198493385
More on nurses choosing palliative care over euthanasia
https://www.lifenews.com/2019/04/11/nurse-quit-after-doctors-in-belgium-euthanized-patients-instead-of-treating-their-conditions/
Netherlands euthanasia deaths drop by 7%; reasons under study
https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2019/04/euthanasia-cases-drop-by-7-accounting-for-4-of-total-deaths-in-nl/
Report on end-of-life care in Quebec summarized (e.g., data lacking on palliative care)
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/04/summary-report-on-end-of-life-care-in.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=9dd7b8d636-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_04_12_08_01_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-9dd7b8d636-198493385
French death doctor not allowed back into medicine, court rules (euthanasia is illegal in France)
https://www.thelocal.fr/20190411/french-euthanasia-doctor-cannot-return-to-work-european-court-rules
Italian prosecutors looking into case of 47-year-old non-terminal Sicilian woman who traveled to Swiss death clinic to find relief from her depression
http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2019/04/11/probe-into-depressed-woman-euthanasia_aba9c9f7-70c7-4975-834d-afe35e4be628.html
The next time you hear someone say the ‘slippery slope’ argument in assisted suicide is invalid - New Zealand lawmaker trims back radical bill to terminal illness with 6 mo.s to live in bid to gain support
https://www.noted.co.nz/health/health/voluntary-euthanasia-bill-opponents-say-sponsors-tinkerings-desperate/
New Zealand commission finds euthanasia bill ‘unworkable’; 90% of the comments were opposed despite claims of public support
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/04/new-zealand-committee-says-euthanasia.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=05ba7dc699-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_04_10_12_46&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-05ba7dc699-198493385
“New Zealand native group rallies against euthanasia bill”
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/04/new-zealand-native-group-rallies.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=9dd7b8d636-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_04_12_08_01_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-9dd7b8d636-198493385
Suicidal New Zealand tetraplegic turns against euthanasia, finds fulfillment in life (video story)
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/04/watch-claires-story-euthanasia-deadly.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=05ba7dc699-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_04_10_12_46&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-05ba7dc699-198493385
Belgium going off the deep end; euthanasia for people who aren’t dying and public officials conspire to violate the law
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2019/april/euthanasia-becoming-default-way-to-die-in-belgium
April 7, 2019
Religious and disability rights groups defeat assisted suicide bill in Connecticut
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/04/great-news-connecticut-once-again.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=a3aa07859b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_04_02_06_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-a3aa07859b-198493385
“In the Last Ten Years, at Least Nine U.S. States Have Strengthened Their Laws Against Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia”
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/04/in-last-ten-years-at-least-nine-us.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=5a4e71621d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_04_05_05_52&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-5a4e71621d-198493385
Pro-suicide doctors ‘steering patients to the right choice’ among the ways assisted suicide laws can be abused; assisted suicide has gone down to defeat 100 times in the U.S. #FamiliarityBreedsContempt
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/04/nancy-elliott-letter-to-maine-health.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=5a4e71621d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_04_05_05_52&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-5a4e71621d-198493385
Catholic nurses object to professional association pushing assisted suicide/euthanasia. #EuthanasiaIsMurder
https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/catholic-medical-association-calls-for-comments-against-aid-in-dying-propos
Body donations in Canada from assisted suicide deaths raise ethical issues and no guidelines exist. Pressure on patients to donate and therefore to be euthanized among the issues raised.
https://www.bioedge.org/bioethics/another-conundrum-euthanasia-and-anatomy-programs/13029
“This Belgian Nurse Watched Euthanasia Turn Pain Management Into A Death Prescription”
https://thefederalist.com/2019/04/04/belgian-nurse-watched-euthanasia-turn-pain-management-death-prescription/
Nine members of the Scottish Parliament push back on assisted suicide bill - “Have we really become a society which says that the best answer we can provide to those suffering in end-of-life situations is to help them kill themselves? Is that really all that we can offer?”
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/scotland/msps-push-back-on-assisted-dying-calls-77n685ghs
Australian bioethics professor condemns New Zealand euthanasia bill - “Once you step over that line, there is no logical stopping point.”
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1904/S00074/australian-professor-speaks-out-against-euthanasia-bill.htm
Canadian palliative care doc: ‘you can’t put a nice fence around euthanasia’ - it will expand to people who are not dying, children, etc.
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/04/canadian-palliative-care-doctor-speaks.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=5a4e71621d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_04_05_05_52&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-5a4e71621d-198493385
They’ll call it death with dignity and other pleasant sounding things, to avoid upsetting people with the realities of suicide and killing
https://www.bioedge.org/bioethics/the-power-of-words-in-the-euthanasia-debate/13026
Religious and disability rights groups defeat assisted suicide bill in Connecticut
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/04/great-news-connecticut-once-again.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=a3aa07859b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_04_02_06_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-a3aa07859b-198493385
“In the Last Ten Years, at Least Nine U.S. States Have Strengthened Their Laws Against Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia”
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/04/in-last-ten-years-at-least-nine-us.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=5a4e71621d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_04_05_05_52&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-5a4e71621d-198493385
Pro-suicide doctors ‘steering patients to the right choice’ among the ways assisted suicide laws can be abused; assisted suicide has gone down to defeat 100 times in the U.S. #FamiliarityBreedsContempt
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/04/nancy-elliott-letter-to-maine-health.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=5a4e71621d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_04_05_05_52&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-5a4e71621d-198493385
Catholic nurses object to professional association pushing assisted suicide/euthanasia. #EuthanasiaIsMurder
https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/catholic-medical-association-calls-for-comments-against-aid-in-dying-propos
Body donations in Canada from assisted suicide deaths raise ethical issues and no guidelines exist. Pressure on patients to donate and therefore to be euthanized among the issues raised.
https://www.bioedge.org/bioethics/another-conundrum-euthanasia-and-anatomy-programs/13029
“This Belgian Nurse Watched Euthanasia Turn Pain Management Into A Death Prescription”
https://thefederalist.com/2019/04/04/belgian-nurse-watched-euthanasia-turn-pain-management-death-prescription/
Nine members of the Scottish Parliament push back on assisted suicide bill - “Have we really become a society which says that the best answer we can provide to those suffering in end-of-life situations is to help them kill themselves? Is that really all that we can offer?”
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/scotland/msps-push-back-on-assisted-dying-calls-77n685ghs
Australian bioethics professor condemns New Zealand euthanasia bill - “Once you step over that line, there is no logical stopping point.”
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1904/S00074/australian-professor-speaks-out-against-euthanasia-bill.htm
Canadian palliative care doc: ‘you can’t put a nice fence around euthanasia’ - it will expand to people who are not dying, children, etc.
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/04/canadian-palliative-care-doctor-speaks.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=5a4e71621d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_04_05_05_52&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-5a4e71621d-198493385
They’ll call it death with dignity and other pleasant sounding things, to avoid upsetting people with the realities of suicide and killing
https://www.bioedge.org/bioethics/the-power-of-words-in-the-euthanasia-debate/13026
March 31, 2019
New Jersey to become 8th state to enact assisted suicide law; Governor promised to sign the bill
https://www.nj.com/opinion/2019/03/in-trenton-a-proud-moment-on-assisted-suicide-moran.html
Eyes on Connecticut and New York after New Jersey moves to legalize assisted suicide
https://www.governing.com/topics/health-human-services/gov-assisted-suicide-aid-in-dying-death-with-dignity.html
Assisted suicide bill defeated in Maryland
https://www.lifenews.com/2019/03/27/maryland-senate-defeats-bill-to-legalize-assisted-suicide/
Assisted suicide advocates will tell you they’re all for safeguards in the law, but opposed second physician, mental health evaluation, and other safeguards in Maryland bill. #ConJob
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/03/assisted-suicide-advocates-oppose-real.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=ed8049048d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_03_26_04_54_COPY_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-ed8049048d-198493385
Massachusetts doctor sues to establish right to assisted suicide on state constitutional grounds
https://www.masslive.com/news/2019/03/massachusetts-court-considers-whether-to-legalize-physician-assisted-suicide.html
Euthanasia deaths up by 78% in Ontario, 50% in Alberta, more than 50% in Canada overall in 2018
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/03/ontario-euthanasia-deaths-increase-by.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=fbe8a8fcc5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_03_28_04_33_COPY_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-fbe8a8fcc5-198493385
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https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/03/alberta-50-increase-in-maid-euthanasia.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=fbe8a8fcc5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_03_28_04_33_COPY_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-fbe8a8fcc5-198493385
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https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/03/canada-euthanasia-deaths-increase-by.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=fbe8a8fcc5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_03_28_04_33_COPY_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-fbe8a8fcc5-198493385
Public comments running 9-to-1 against New Zealand euthanasia bill
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12217759
“Euthanasia Tourism: Is The E.U. Encouraging Its Growth?”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ceciliarodriguez/2019/03/17/euthanasia-tourism-is-the-e-u-encouraging-its-growth/#20ed2407229b
Canadian activist pushing to expand euthanasia to people who are not terminally ill, children, psychiatric cases, incompetents with advance directives, and Catholic hospitals. No slippery slope here, nosirree. The end point is, what, exactly?
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/03/alex-schadenberg-executive-director.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=ed8049048d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_03_26_04_54_COPY_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-ed8049048d-198493385
Nebraska assisted suicide conviction upheld - man tried to suffocate girlfriend after she failed in slashing her wrists - but why was the sentence only 25 days in jail and 4 years of probation?
https://www.omaha.com/news/courts/nebraska-supreme-court-upholds-guilty-verdict-of-man-convicted-in/article_6fd71d07-0ce5-5284-817f-eaae5b1c0d24.html
New Jersey to become 8th state to enact assisted suicide law; Governor promised to sign the bill
https://www.nj.com/opinion/2019/03/in-trenton-a-proud-moment-on-assisted-suicide-moran.html
Eyes on Connecticut and New York after New Jersey moves to legalize assisted suicide
https://www.governing.com/topics/health-human-services/gov-assisted-suicide-aid-in-dying-death-with-dignity.html
Assisted suicide bill defeated in Maryland
https://www.lifenews.com/2019/03/27/maryland-senate-defeats-bill-to-legalize-assisted-suicide/
Assisted suicide advocates will tell you they’re all for safeguards in the law, but opposed second physician, mental health evaluation, and other safeguards in Maryland bill. #ConJob
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/03/assisted-suicide-advocates-oppose-real.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=ed8049048d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_03_26_04_54_COPY_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-ed8049048d-198493385
Massachusetts doctor sues to establish right to assisted suicide on state constitutional grounds
https://www.masslive.com/news/2019/03/massachusetts-court-considers-whether-to-legalize-physician-assisted-suicide.html
Euthanasia deaths up by 78% in Ontario, 50% in Alberta, more than 50% in Canada overall in 2018
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/03/ontario-euthanasia-deaths-increase-by.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=fbe8a8fcc5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_03_28_04_33_COPY_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-fbe8a8fcc5-198493385
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https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/03/alberta-50-increase-in-maid-euthanasia.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=fbe8a8fcc5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_03_28_04_33_COPY_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-fbe8a8fcc5-198493385
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https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/03/canada-euthanasia-deaths-increase-by.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=fbe8a8fcc5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_03_28_04_33_COPY_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-fbe8a8fcc5-198493385
Public comments running 9-to-1 against New Zealand euthanasia bill
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12217759
“Euthanasia Tourism: Is The E.U. Encouraging Its Growth?”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ceciliarodriguez/2019/03/17/euthanasia-tourism-is-the-e-u-encouraging-its-growth/#20ed2407229b
Canadian activist pushing to expand euthanasia to people who are not terminally ill, children, psychiatric cases, incompetents with advance directives, and Catholic hospitals. No slippery slope here, nosirree. The end point is, what, exactly?
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/03/alex-schadenberg-executive-director.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=ed8049048d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_03_26_04_54_COPY_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-ed8049048d-198493385
Nebraska assisted suicide conviction upheld - man tried to suffocate girlfriend after she failed in slashing her wrists - but why was the sentence only 25 days in jail and 4 years of probation?
https://www.omaha.com/news/courts/nebraska-supreme-court-upholds-guilty-verdict-of-man-convicted-in/article_6fd71d07-0ce5-5284-817f-eaae5b1c0d24.html