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Home: Current Issues: Euthanasia Current Issues: EuthanasiaArticles:Death: Natural or assisted? - PATRICK PULLICINOHere is an explanation of common terms used during end-of-life discussions. Popular Read more... "Miracle" stories can double as cautionary tales - Colleen Carroll CampbellZach Dunlap doesn't remember the four-wheeler crash that landed him on life support in a Texas hospital last fall. But he does remember hearing a doctor pronounce him dead. Read more... 'Dear Noel, is life really not worth living?' - Liz CarrParalysed after being attacked by neo-Nazis, Noel Martin is planning a trip to Switzerland to commit suicide. Here, disabled broadcaster Liz Carr, who met Noel for a BBC Radio 5 Live report, writes an open letter urging him to think again. Read more... A Defense of Genocide - CAL MONTGOMERYThe Australian bioethicist Peter Singer has arrived to begin a new position at the Princeton University Center for Human Values. Singer's appointment has provoked anger among disability activists because he actively advocates the killing of disabled infants up to 28 days after birth. Read more... Canada just became scarier for the disabled - Michael CorenRobert Latimer, the Saskatchewan farmer who killed his disabled daughter, has been released on day parole. Read more... Chilling Protocol - Colleen Carroll CampbellWhen little Chanou was born in 2000 with a rare and painful illness that leads to abnormal bone development, doctors gave the Dutch infant less than three years to live. As it turns out, she only had seven months. Read more... Chilling Protocol - Colleen Carroll CampbellWhen little Chanou was born in 2000 with a rare and painful illness that leads to abnormal bone development, doctors gave the Dutch infant less than three years to live. As it turns out, she only had seven months. Read more... Continent Death: Euthanasia in Europe - Wesley J. SmithSelf-delusion is rampant in the euthanasia movement. Most proponents recognize that it is inherently dangerous to legalize killing. But they desperately want to believe that they can control the grim reaper. Thus, they continue to peddle the nonsense that "guidelines will protect against abuse" despite overwhelming empirical evidence to the contrary. Read more... Current euthanasia law in the Netherlands - Brian PollardPreviously, because euthanasia was prohibited in the Penal Code, the physician had to prove that he/she had fulfilled the requirements. Under the new arrangements, the Public Prosecutor has to prove that the physician has not fulfilled the requirements, in order to start prosecution. This is a significant shift. Read more... Death Fundamentalism - Wesley J. SmithIn this excerpt from his newly revised book, "Forced Exit: The Slippery Slope from Assisted Suicide to Legalized Murder", Wesley J. Smith analyses an article published in the New York Times Magazine and exposes some of the many ways in which journalists lead the public to a false understanding of the euthanasia issue. Read more... Related Categories:Pages Updated On: 16-Nov-2009 - 18:34:18
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