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Assisted Suicide
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December 9, 2018
Biased poll questions lead to predictable results – 52% of Americans favor voluntary euthanasia. Stop asking ‘do you want free ice cream?’ and include complications, like mistaken prognoses and drugs not working
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/december_2018/americans_still_support_voluntary_euthanasia
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http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/questions/december_2018/questions_euthanasia_december_2_3_2018
There’s no such thing as a ‘right to a peaceful death’ – euthanasia drugs have unforeseen and distressing complications like uncontrollable vomiting, fits, and waking up not dead.
http://gisborneherald.co.nz/opinion/3827804-135/peaceful-death-cant-be-guaranteed
Another mistaken prognosis – doctors call Michigan woman ‘essentially dead’, take her off life support. It’s 4 months latter and she’s almost completely recovered.
https://www.lifenews.com/2018/12/06/doctors-said-woman-was-brain-dead-and-removed-her-life-support-now-shes-almost-totally-recovered/
Prominent Australian doctor campaigns against assisted suicide; ‘the more you know about it, the more you will oppose it’
https://www.6pr.com.au/podcast/emergency-doctor-says-perth-should-be-wary-of-euthanasia-laws/
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https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/western-australia/victorian-emergency-doctor-in-perth-to-warn-of-euthanasia-laws-20181202-p50jq3.html
Hospice doctor has heard plenty of transient requests to die but, by addressing the patient’s concerns, such requests disappear
https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/108717999/Euthanasia-debate-Is-there-dignity-in-death-or-does-palliative-care-kill
Belgian doctor and Right to Die advocate passes Jack Kevorkian’s euthanasia record; his conscience is clear but he’s being investigated for euthanizing a nonterminal patient
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6450405/Belgiums-Dr-Death-proudly-admits-killed-140-patients-including-two-friends.html
Phony websites scamming people by purporting to sell suicide drugs
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2018/12/architects-of-victorias-right-to-die.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=8b1278ce6e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_12_04_06_40_COPY_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-8b1278ce6e-198493385
How to tell if your moral compass is out of whack: when you think putting down dogs is cold-blooded murder, but putting down human beings is not
https://tucson.com/opinion/letters/politics-national/letter-euthanasia-or-euphemism/article_5b58c4b6-f749-11e8-850e-1bba1613954c.html
Biased poll questions lead to predictable results – 52% of Americans favor voluntary euthanasia. Stop asking ‘do you want free ice cream?’ and include complications, like mistaken prognoses and drugs not working
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/december_2018/americans_still_support_voluntary_euthanasia
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http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/questions/december_2018/questions_euthanasia_december_2_3_2018
There’s no such thing as a ‘right to a peaceful death’ – euthanasia drugs have unforeseen and distressing complications like uncontrollable vomiting, fits, and waking up not dead.
http://gisborneherald.co.nz/opinion/3827804-135/peaceful-death-cant-be-guaranteed
Another mistaken prognosis – doctors call Michigan woman ‘essentially dead’, take her off life support. It’s 4 months latter and she’s almost completely recovered.
https://www.lifenews.com/2018/12/06/doctors-said-woman-was-brain-dead-and-removed-her-life-support-now-shes-almost-totally-recovered/
Prominent Australian doctor campaigns against assisted suicide; ‘the more you know about it, the more you will oppose it’
https://www.6pr.com.au/podcast/emergency-doctor-says-perth-should-be-wary-of-euthanasia-laws/
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https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/western-australia/victorian-emergency-doctor-in-perth-to-warn-of-euthanasia-laws-20181202-p50jq3.html
Hospice doctor has heard plenty of transient requests to die but, by addressing the patient’s concerns, such requests disappear
https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/108717999/Euthanasia-debate-Is-there-dignity-in-death-or-does-palliative-care-kill
Belgian doctor and Right to Die advocate passes Jack Kevorkian’s euthanasia record; his conscience is clear but he’s being investigated for euthanizing a nonterminal patient
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6450405/Belgiums-Dr-Death-proudly-admits-killed-140-patients-including-two-friends.html
Phony websites scamming people by purporting to sell suicide drugs
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2018/12/architects-of-victorias-right-to-die.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=8b1278ce6e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_12_04_06_40_COPY_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-8b1278ce6e-198493385
How to tell if your moral compass is out of whack: when you think putting down dogs is cold-blooded murder, but putting down human beings is not
https://tucson.com/opinion/letters/politics-national/letter-euthanasia-or-euphemism/article_5b58c4b6-f749-11e8-850e-1bba1613954c.html
December 2, 2018
Belgian doctors facing charges for euthanizing 38 year-old woman after allegedly falsely certifying her as autistic; rushed her to death without any mental health treatment
https://www.lifenews.com/2018/11/27/doctors-euthanize-38-year-old-woman-dealing-with-depression-instead-of-treating-her/
Belgian regulatory commission signed off on potentially criminal euthanasia of 38 year-old woman; minimal checklist, professional judgment not monitored; second thoughts prompt decline in psychiatric euthanasia
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/11/29/more-trouble-for-belgiums-system-of-euthanasia/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.7201f2a515fb
California appeals court upholds state’s assisted suicide law on technical grounds, punts on constitutional merits; fight not over
https://www.oregonlive.com/health/2018/11/california-assisted-suicide-law-clears-hurdle.html
UK man loses in court, takes fight for assisted suicide back to Parliament
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/noel-conway-latest-assisted-suicide-terminally-ill-supreme-court-uk-appeal-challenge-a8654751.html
Supporters gathering signatures to get assisted suicide law by ballot referendum in Maine; Oregon a cautionary tale – ‘lethal’ potion not working, trivial reasons approved (e.g., diabetes), soaring teen suicide rate, etc.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/11/30/maine-compass-dont-sign-petition-to-put-flawed-assisted-suicide-law-on-ballot/
Toronto doctors group opposes proposed child euthanasia policy as devaluing human life, denying palliative care; policy would euthanize children without parental knowledge or consent
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2018/11/concerned-doctors-in-ontario-oppose.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=30de325266-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_11_27_05_24_COPY_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-30de325266-198493385
Child euthanasia has spread to every country that has legalized euthanasia, except Canada which is currently considering it. Don’t say ‘it can’t happen’ in the U.S.
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2018/11/will-child-euthanasia-come-to-us.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=7481c899e2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_11_30_04_12_COPY_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-7481c899e2-198493385
Swiss groups engaged in covert lobbying efforts to push assisted suicide world-wide
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2018/11/swiss-assisted-suicide-groups-lobby.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=accfcae284-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_11_19_06_07_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-accfcae284-198493385
Former leader of World Federation of Right to Die Societies charged with third murder in assisting suicides
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2018/11/euthanasia-activist-charged-with.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=0a1fb76fb3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_11_23_04_58_COPY_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-0a1fb76fb3-198493385
Belgian doctors facing charges for euthanizing 38 year-old woman after allegedly falsely certifying her as autistic; rushed her to death without any mental health treatment
https://www.lifenews.com/2018/11/27/doctors-euthanize-38-year-old-woman-dealing-with-depression-instead-of-treating-her/
Belgian regulatory commission signed off on potentially criminal euthanasia of 38 year-old woman; minimal checklist, professional judgment not monitored; second thoughts prompt decline in psychiatric euthanasia
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/11/29/more-trouble-for-belgiums-system-of-euthanasia/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.7201f2a515fb
California appeals court upholds state’s assisted suicide law on technical grounds, punts on constitutional merits; fight not over
https://www.oregonlive.com/health/2018/11/california-assisted-suicide-law-clears-hurdle.html
UK man loses in court, takes fight for assisted suicide back to Parliament
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/noel-conway-latest-assisted-suicide-terminally-ill-supreme-court-uk-appeal-challenge-a8654751.html
Supporters gathering signatures to get assisted suicide law by ballot referendum in Maine; Oregon a cautionary tale – ‘lethal’ potion not working, trivial reasons approved (e.g., diabetes), soaring teen suicide rate, etc.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/11/30/maine-compass-dont-sign-petition-to-put-flawed-assisted-suicide-law-on-ballot/
Toronto doctors group opposes proposed child euthanasia policy as devaluing human life, denying palliative care; policy would euthanize children without parental knowledge or consent
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2018/11/concerned-doctors-in-ontario-oppose.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=30de325266-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_11_27_05_24_COPY_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-30de325266-198493385
Child euthanasia has spread to every country that has legalized euthanasia, except Canada which is currently considering it. Don’t say ‘it can’t happen’ in the U.S.
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2018/11/will-child-euthanasia-come-to-us.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=7481c899e2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_11_30_04_12_COPY_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-7481c899e2-198493385
Swiss groups engaged in covert lobbying efforts to push assisted suicide world-wide
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2018/11/swiss-assisted-suicide-groups-lobby.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=accfcae284-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_11_19_06_07_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-accfcae284-198493385
Former leader of World Federation of Right to Die Societies charged with third murder in assisting suicides
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2018/11/euthanasia-activist-charged-with.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=0a1fb76fb3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_11_23_04_58_COPY_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-0a1fb76fb3-198493385
November 18, 2018
UN committee seeks to declare assisted suicide a universal human right; same memo calls for preventing clinicians from asserting conscientious objections in abortion context
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/11/15/un-committee-wants-to-make-abortion-and-assisted-suicide-a-universal-human-right/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CapitolBell%22&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTW1Wa1pqaGxaV1poTVdWbSIsInQiOiJyMllTcHVDbnRtSlYwZGRSNXZBMllNb01tb0hHbWp2MllzSEpiMWtQNkpZWFJzUGpEYlBwR1BEd2ZkekxLZW5lQVhGUGpkYU5ncmhHK2JSUWNwQ3Qyd1haNXUyc3NyZWdqQ3RZQmIrT0VRaTNHZlwvN0FVVllOZ2NsTUJqaHBHck8ifQ%3D%3D
Legislative commission rejects assisted suicide in Virginia
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2018/11/virginia-legislative-panel-rejects.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=fd2f07ae6c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_11_12_06_40_COPY_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-fd2f07ae6c-198493385
West Australian legislative committee supports assisted suicide; forthcoming bill has real prospect of passage
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-12/voluntary-euthanasia-legislation-announced-by-wa-government/10488400
Hawaii retirement home on land owned by Catholic Church will allow assisted suicide in its independent living wing, but not its assisted living or nursing wings; ACLU weighing its options
}https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/hawaii-retirement-home-clarifies-assisted-suicide-rules-59179457
Euthanasia deaths in the Netherlands up 250% over 10 years ago; euthanasia has gone from a last resort to a normal or even preferred way to die – an unanticipated and alarming development
https://sputniknews.com/analysis/201811121069732305-netherlands-euthanasia-cases/
Comedian monetizes his grandmother’s euthanasia death, as the Left continues its push to sell assisted death through pop culture
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/comedian-creates-show-on-grandmothers-euthanasia-to-destigmatize-doctors-ki
‘Assisted suicide laws are too restrictive’ propaganda drumbeat continues as WaPo joins the parade
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2018/11/15/right-time-die-canadas-law-allowing-physician-assisted-suicide-faces-criticism-over-restrictions/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.960df220fab9
Second murder charge filed against founder of South African right-to-die organization
https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/euthanasia-advocate-sean-davison-facing-new-murder-charge-20181116
Ad in Canadian hospital waiting room pushes assisted suicide; palliative care and other life-affirming alternatives not mentioned. #DeathCulture
https://www.lifenews.com/2018/11/13/ad-in-hospital-waiting-room-promotes-killing-patients-in-euthanasia/
UN committee seeks to declare assisted suicide a universal human right; same memo calls for preventing clinicians from asserting conscientious objections in abortion context
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/11/15/un-committee-wants-to-make-abortion-and-assisted-suicide-a-universal-human-right/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CapitolBell%22&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTW1Wa1pqaGxaV1poTVdWbSIsInQiOiJyMllTcHVDbnRtSlYwZGRSNXZBMllNb01tb0hHbWp2MllzSEpiMWtQNkpZWFJzUGpEYlBwR1BEd2ZkekxLZW5lQVhGUGpkYU5ncmhHK2JSUWNwQ3Qyd1haNXUyc3NyZWdqQ3RZQmIrT0VRaTNHZlwvN0FVVllOZ2NsTUJqaHBHck8ifQ%3D%3D
Legislative commission rejects assisted suicide in Virginia
https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2018/11/virginia-legislative-panel-rejects.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=fd2f07ae6c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_11_12_06_40_COPY_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-fd2f07ae6c-198493385
West Australian legislative committee supports assisted suicide; forthcoming bill has real prospect of passage
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-12/voluntary-euthanasia-legislation-announced-by-wa-government/10488400
Hawaii retirement home on land owned by Catholic Church will allow assisted suicide in its independent living wing, but not its assisted living or nursing wings; ACLU weighing its options
}https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/hawaii-retirement-home-clarifies-assisted-suicide-rules-59179457
Euthanasia deaths in the Netherlands up 250% over 10 years ago; euthanasia has gone from a last resort to a normal or even preferred way to die – an unanticipated and alarming development
https://sputniknews.com/analysis/201811121069732305-netherlands-euthanasia-cases/
Comedian monetizes his grandmother’s euthanasia death, as the Left continues its push to sell assisted death through pop culture
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/comedian-creates-show-on-grandmothers-euthanasia-to-destigmatize-doctors-ki
‘Assisted suicide laws are too restrictive’ propaganda drumbeat continues as WaPo joins the parade
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2018/11/15/right-time-die-canadas-law-allowing-physician-assisted-suicide-faces-criticism-over-restrictions/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.960df220fab9
Second murder charge filed against founder of South African right-to-die organization
https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/euthanasia-advocate-sean-davison-facing-new-murder-charge-20181116
Ad in Canadian hospital waiting room pushes assisted suicide; palliative care and other life-affirming alternatives not mentioned. #DeathCulture
https://www.lifenews.com/2018/11/13/ad-in-hospital-waiting-room-promotes-killing-patients-in-euthanasia/