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Assisted Suicide
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June 17, 2018
California appeals court reinstates assisted suicide law; opponents have until July 2nd to file further appeal
http://ktla.com/2018/06/15/californias-physician-assisted-suicide-law-reinstated-after-legal-battle/
AMA backs away from opposition to assisted suicide; delegates vote to study the issue further
http://freebeacon.com/issues/doctors-lobby-refuses-maintain-opposition-assisted-suicide/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=b2072ed55a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_06_12_08_48_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-b2072ed55a-45628225
Advocates for the disabled concerned that AMA’s softening stance on assisted suicide will promote a ‘duty to die’, give insurers a cheap out, and lead to families pressuring the elderly into early death
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/06/14/advocates-for-disabled-warn-against-amas-softening-opposition-to-physician-assisted-suicide/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CapitolBell&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTkdVNE0yRTVaalZsWlRabCIsInQiOiJ6c3BBZkdORGdzTk9ZeXRCTHZZQmxJN3J0RkVKZlVmMUJ4SVJna2p2TndsMUVacmtJaDRDTHNsTzhoWnhcL2JqNUd3K0oxSjhFQ1J1Ujcxc2lDb0NxdWNBN0w1TTNZOGNnVlwvRUdWczRHYWtkSStlcU1lMkpPQTh1VGtkUWFJcEdRIn0%3D
Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences revises code of conduct in the direction of normalizing assisted suicide
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/06/15/assisted-suicide-clinic-operator-gets-away-with-scamming-people-for-thousands-before-they-killed-themselves/
The Left never quits – assisted suicide debate resurfaces in Scotland, legislative committee to take testimony
https://cruxnow.com/church-in-uk-and-ireland/2018/06/14/scotland-facing-new-debate-over-assisted-suicide/
Doctors in Quebec warn that lack of palliative care is pushing patients into assisted suicide
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/06/14/quebec-doctors-say-lack-of-palliative-care-is-forcing-patients-into-assisted-suicide/
VSED (Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking) gaining ground with calls for nursing homes to develop guidelines (but what if the patient is not dying?)
https://www.bioedge.org/bioethics/vsed-is-gaining-traction-as-an-end-of-life-option/12731
California appeals court reinstates assisted suicide law; opponents have until July 2nd to file further appeal
http://ktla.com/2018/06/15/californias-physician-assisted-suicide-law-reinstated-after-legal-battle/
AMA backs away from opposition to assisted suicide; delegates vote to study the issue further
http://freebeacon.com/issues/doctors-lobby-refuses-maintain-opposition-assisted-suicide/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=b2072ed55a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_06_12_08_48_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-b2072ed55a-45628225
Advocates for the disabled concerned that AMA’s softening stance on assisted suicide will promote a ‘duty to die’, give insurers a cheap out, and lead to families pressuring the elderly into early death
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/06/14/advocates-for-disabled-warn-against-amas-softening-opposition-to-physician-assisted-suicide/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CapitolBell&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTkdVNE0yRTVaalZsWlRabCIsInQiOiJ6c3BBZkdORGdzTk9ZeXRCTHZZQmxJN3J0RkVKZlVmMUJ4SVJna2p2TndsMUVacmtJaDRDTHNsTzhoWnhcL2JqNUd3K0oxSjhFQ1J1Ujcxc2lDb0NxdWNBN0w1TTNZOGNnVlwvRUdWczRHYWtkSStlcU1lMkpPQTh1VGtkUWFJcEdRIn0%3D
Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences revises code of conduct in the direction of normalizing assisted suicide
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/06/15/assisted-suicide-clinic-operator-gets-away-with-scamming-people-for-thousands-before-they-killed-themselves/
The Left never quits – assisted suicide debate resurfaces in Scotland, legislative committee to take testimony
https://cruxnow.com/church-in-uk-and-ireland/2018/06/14/scotland-facing-new-debate-over-assisted-suicide/
Doctors in Quebec warn that lack of palliative care is pushing patients into assisted suicide
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/06/14/quebec-doctors-say-lack-of-palliative-care-is-forcing-patients-into-assisted-suicide/
VSED (Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking) gaining ground with calls for nursing homes to develop guidelines (but what if the patient is not dying?)
https://www.bioedge.org/bioethics/vsed-is-gaining-traction-as-an-end-of-life-option/12731
June 10, 2018
Two Celebrity Suicides Show It’s Time to Stop Pushing #DeathCulture – U.S. suicide rate highest in 30 years
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/06/08/after-anthony-bourdain-and-kate-spade-its-time-to-stop-pushing-assisted-suicide/
Commentator Ben Shapiro warns against the glorification of suicide; root cause is that the West now has a crisis of meaning and the antidote is living for a higher purpose; celebrity suicides prompt demonstrably more suicidal ideation in people
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PSaU-5uycU
Netflix blasted for continuing “13 Reason Why” show which glorifies teen suicide
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/06/07/netflix-blasted-for-announcing-third-season-of-13-reasons-why-which-promoted-suicide/
Assisted suicide laws increase overall suicide rate 6.3% (14.5% over 65)
https://www.northjersey.com/story/opinion/contributors/2018/05/25/opinion-many-concerns-nj-assisted-suicide-bill/641949002/
Newly-elected Ontario government has pledged to pass conscience legislation protecting doctors from being forced to participate in assisted suicide
https://www.catholicregister.org/item/27531-election-result-good-news-for-catholic-doctors-in-ontario
Assisted suicide advocate cleared of profiteering charges in Switzerland; prosecutor ordered to pay him $136,000 in costs
https://www.bioedge.org/bioethics/switzerland-minelli-cleared-doctors-ok-to-help-in-assisted-suicide/12728
Uh-oh: Nebraska man only gets 25 days in jail and probation for assisting his girlfriend’s suicide. He left her body in the woods. Turns out she wasn’t sick and was tricking him into suicide-by-boyfriend.
http://www.wowt.com/content/news/Man-sentenced-to-jail-in-assisted-suicide-case-484473341.html
AMA convention debates assisted suicide; committee had recommended keeping stance it’s “fundamentally incompatible with the physician’s role as healer, would be difficult or impossible to control, and would pose serious societal risks.”
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/06/08/ama-debating-whether-to-continue-opposing-assisted-suicide/
Teen who considered death clinic in Switzerland freed from pain after one-hour operation
https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/thumbs-up-co-down-teen-14757590
Gallup poll: 72% of Americans support assisted suicide, even though only 54% find it morally acceptable. #ThatsTwisted
https://www.newsmax.com/thewire/euthanasia-72-percent-support-gallup/2018/05/31/id/863416/
Skinny on New York assisted suicide bills – euphemistic, balloons to include people with years to live, sets up ‘perfect’ crimes, ‘helpers’ agenda-driven ($$)
http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2018/06/quick-facts-about-new-york-state.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=9d94047bde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_06_08_06_41_COPY_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-9d94047bde-198493385
How to keep assisted suicide under cover of darkness and away from scrutiny: force doctors to falsify death certificates (report underlying illness as cause of death, not the assisted suicide). #ExposeTheirMethods
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/06/04/states-are-forcing-doctors-to-falsify-death-certificates-to-cover-up-assisted-suicide-cases/
Letter writer – the pain and struggle of choosing life is worth it; assisted suicide is the easy way out and an irretrievable mistake
http://www.richmond.com/opinion/your-opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letters-to-the-editor-may-assisted-suicide-tells-people-it/article_bba36446-8a18-5964-9e7d-c065de2a98b2.html
Two Celebrity Suicides Show It’s Time to Stop Pushing #DeathCulture – U.S. suicide rate highest in 30 years
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/06/08/after-anthony-bourdain-and-kate-spade-its-time-to-stop-pushing-assisted-suicide/
Commentator Ben Shapiro warns against the glorification of suicide; root cause is that the West now has a crisis of meaning and the antidote is living for a higher purpose; celebrity suicides prompt demonstrably more suicidal ideation in people
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PSaU-5uycU
Netflix blasted for continuing “13 Reason Why” show which glorifies teen suicide
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/06/07/netflix-blasted-for-announcing-third-season-of-13-reasons-why-which-promoted-suicide/
Assisted suicide laws increase overall suicide rate 6.3% (14.5% over 65)
https://www.northjersey.com/story/opinion/contributors/2018/05/25/opinion-many-concerns-nj-assisted-suicide-bill/641949002/
Newly-elected Ontario government has pledged to pass conscience legislation protecting doctors from being forced to participate in assisted suicide
https://www.catholicregister.org/item/27531-election-result-good-news-for-catholic-doctors-in-ontario
Assisted suicide advocate cleared of profiteering charges in Switzerland; prosecutor ordered to pay him $136,000 in costs
https://www.bioedge.org/bioethics/switzerland-minelli-cleared-doctors-ok-to-help-in-assisted-suicide/12728
Uh-oh: Nebraska man only gets 25 days in jail and probation for assisting his girlfriend’s suicide. He left her body in the woods. Turns out she wasn’t sick and was tricking him into suicide-by-boyfriend.
http://www.wowt.com/content/news/Man-sentenced-to-jail-in-assisted-suicide-case-484473341.html
AMA convention debates assisted suicide; committee had recommended keeping stance it’s “fundamentally incompatible with the physician’s role as healer, would be difficult or impossible to control, and would pose serious societal risks.”
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/06/08/ama-debating-whether-to-continue-opposing-assisted-suicide/
Teen who considered death clinic in Switzerland freed from pain after one-hour operation
https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/thumbs-up-co-down-teen-14757590
Gallup poll: 72% of Americans support assisted suicide, even though only 54% find it morally acceptable. #ThatsTwisted
https://www.newsmax.com/thewire/euthanasia-72-percent-support-gallup/2018/05/31/id/863416/
Skinny on New York assisted suicide bills – euphemistic, balloons to include people with years to live, sets up ‘perfect’ crimes, ‘helpers’ agenda-driven ($$)
http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2018/06/quick-facts-about-new-york-state.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=9d94047bde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_06_08_06_41_COPY_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-9d94047bde-198493385
How to keep assisted suicide under cover of darkness and away from scrutiny: force doctors to falsify death certificates (report underlying illness as cause of death, not the assisted suicide). #ExposeTheirMethods
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/06/04/states-are-forcing-doctors-to-falsify-death-certificates-to-cover-up-assisted-suicide-cases/
Letter writer – the pain and struggle of choosing life is worth it; assisted suicide is the easy way out and an irretrievable mistake
http://www.richmond.com/opinion/your-opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letters-to-the-editor-may-assisted-suicide-tells-people-it/article_bba36446-8a18-5964-9e7d-c065de2a98b2.html
June 3, 2018
Assisted suicide bills die in Portugal after doctors oppose and Left splits. Demonstrator signs: “Yes to life, no to euthanasia!” “We demand palliative care for ALL” “Euthanasia is a recipe for elder abuse”
http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2018/05/portugal-rejects-euthanasia.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=7e61d6dd00-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_29_07_33_COPY_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-7e61d6dd00-198493385
California appeals court decides not to grant immediate stay of judge’s ruling knocking down state assisted suicide law, but case can continue.
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/05/24/appeals-court-upholds-judges-decision-overturning-california-law-legalizing-assisted-suicide/
Assisted suicide advocates telling California doctors it’s OK to keep writing lethal prescription despite court knocking down assisted suicide law
http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.ca/2018/05/compassion-and-choices-is-spreading.html
People proceeding with assisted suicide in California while law declared void can be charged with murder and disqualified from inheriting
http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2018/05/california-heirs-risk-forfeited.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=7e61d6dd00-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_29_07_33_COPY_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-7e61d6dd00-198493385
Christian doctors in Ontario appeal court ruling forcing them to participate in euthanasia against their conscience
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/ontario-christian-doctors-appeal-ruling-forcing-them-to-participate-in-abor
Euthanasia deaths went up 67% in 2017; report also shows supposed ‘safeguards’ in the law are failing
http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.ca/2018/05/quebec-euthanasia-deaths-increase-by-67.html
Euthanasia committee report delayed 6 months in New Zealand; will wade through 35,000 comments and take testimony; legislators increasingly concerned proposal is too broad
http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.ca/2018/05/new-zealand-euthanasia-committee-delays.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=f61708ba91-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-f61708ba91-198493385
Advocates will push new assisted suicide legislation in Ireland in a few weeks
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/assisted-dying-back-on-dil-agenda-within-weeks-minister-36956246.html
Economist magazine back to promoting assisted suicide again
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/06/01/economist-magazine-promotes-assisted-suicide-again/
Rosy view of assisted suicide depends on lies and obfuscation, e.g., falsifying death certificates, and now a Minnesota bill that would require all public documents to refer to it as “medical aid in dying”. #BigLie
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/assisted-suicide-minnesota-law-require-doctors-lie/
Assisted suicide bills die in Portugal after doctors oppose and Left splits. Demonstrator signs: “Yes to life, no to euthanasia!” “We demand palliative care for ALL” “Euthanasia is a recipe for elder abuse”
http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2018/05/portugal-rejects-euthanasia.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=7e61d6dd00-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_29_07_33_COPY_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-7e61d6dd00-198493385
California appeals court decides not to grant immediate stay of judge’s ruling knocking down state assisted suicide law, but case can continue.
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/05/24/appeals-court-upholds-judges-decision-overturning-california-law-legalizing-assisted-suicide/
Assisted suicide advocates telling California doctors it’s OK to keep writing lethal prescription despite court knocking down assisted suicide law
http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.ca/2018/05/compassion-and-choices-is-spreading.html
People proceeding with assisted suicide in California while law declared void can be charged with murder and disqualified from inheriting
http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2018/05/california-heirs-risk-forfeited.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=7e61d6dd00-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_29_07_33_COPY_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-7e61d6dd00-198493385
Christian doctors in Ontario appeal court ruling forcing them to participate in euthanasia against their conscience
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/ontario-christian-doctors-appeal-ruling-forcing-them-to-participate-in-abor
Euthanasia deaths went up 67% in 2017; report also shows supposed ‘safeguards’ in the law are failing
http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.ca/2018/05/quebec-euthanasia-deaths-increase-by-67.html
Euthanasia committee report delayed 6 months in New Zealand; will wade through 35,000 comments and take testimony; legislators increasingly concerned proposal is too broad
http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.ca/2018/05/new-zealand-euthanasia-committee-delays.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=f61708ba91-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-f61708ba91-198493385
Advocates will push new assisted suicide legislation in Ireland in a few weeks
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/assisted-dying-back-on-dil-agenda-within-weeks-minister-36956246.html
Economist magazine back to promoting assisted suicide again
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/06/01/economist-magazine-promotes-assisted-suicide-again/
Rosy view of assisted suicide depends on lies and obfuscation, e.g., falsifying death certificates, and now a Minnesota bill that would require all public documents to refer to it as “medical aid in dying”. #BigLie
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/assisted-suicide-minnesota-law-require-doctors-lie/