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Home: Current Issues: Euthanasia: LINKS_PAGE Current Issues: Euthanasia: LINKS_PAGEArticles:False Compassion - Wesley J. SmithOregon has become the model for how assisted suicide is supposed to work. But it actually demonstrates that the Oregon Trail is a dangerous path. Read more... From Euthanasia to Infanticide - Rev. Joseph Tham, L.C.The Groningen protocol in the Holland seeks to create the legal framework to actively end the lives of newborns suffering from incurable diseases or extreme deformities. Read more... How Faith Saved the Atheist - Pamela R. WinnickA medical resident — we called her "Dr. Death" — at the Intensive Care Unit at Long Island's North Shore Hospital chased us down the hallway. Read more... Killing Babies, Compassionately - Wesley J. SmithThe Netherlands follows in Germany's footsteps. Read more... Life has lost its importance - Michael CorenThis week, the first International Symposium on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide is being held in Toronto. Read more... Life Principles: A Model for Teaching the Philosophy of the Pro-Life Movement - Robert Spitzer, S.J., Ph.D.The Life Principles Program is a project devoted to explaining the underlying philosophy of the pro-life movement to a secular culture. This uniquely rational and commonly accessible approach has had a powerful and overwhelmingly successful effect on the positive education of pro-life issues around the country. Here following is a short-course in the Life Principles by founder Robert Spitzer, S.J., Ph.D. Read more... Life, Law, and Suicide - NEW YORK TASK FORCE ON LIFE AND THE LAWThis is a clear summary of the dangers involved in the legalization of assisted suicide. Read more... Living With Dignity - Alison Davis17 years ago I decided I could no longer face life. I wanted to die — a strong wish that lasted over 10 years. If euthanasia were legal then, I would no longer be here to write this. But I have changed my outlook on life. Read more... Memo to my children - Barbara KayLately, we have witnessed a pernicious cultural trend toward the rebranding of legalized euthanasia as a gift rather than a menace to society’s most vulnerable citizens. Read more... New Name, Same Old Euthanasia Story - Wesley J. SmithWhat’s not in a name is the question du jour at single-issue advocacy groups. First the venerable National Abortion Rights Action League (or National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League in recent years) officially dropped abortion from its name and became “NARAL Pro-Choice America.” Read more... Non-Voluntary Euthanasia - DR. BRIAN POLLARDAdvocates of legalised euthanasia almost always insist that they only want voluntary euthanasia (VE) — a they say they are as opposed to the taking of life without the subject’s knowledge or consent, that is, non-voluntary euthanasia (NVE), as anyone else. Read more... Nothing to Die Over - Wesley J. SmithThe news about Monday's 6-3 assisted suicide ruling is not as bad as euthanasia opponents might have feared. Read more... Peter Singer: Architect of the Culture of Death - Donald DeMarcoThe new tradition that Peter Singer welcomes is founded on a "quality-of-life" ethic. It allegedly replaces the outgoing morality that is based on the "sanctity-of-life." Read more... Politically Correct Eugenics - Wesley J. SmithIt is a bitter irony that even as we are enlarging our commitment to human equality in many areas, we are turning our backs on it in others. Read more... Ronald Reagan’s Rainbow - Paul KengorHow could Reagan, obviously knowledgeable of Alzheimer's, describe the onset of his disease as a coming sunset? The answer was Reagan's secret weapon: his optimism. He called it an eternal optimism, a "God-given optimism." Read more... Seeing Million Dollar Baby From My Wheelchair - Diane ColemanMany people have told me that they don't think they could "stand to live" if they needed a wheelchair like me. That's why I felt a little queasy about going to see Million Dollar Baby. But helping plan the first disability protest of the movie, in Chicago, I had a duty to see it. Read more... Slippery Slope of Euthanasia for Children - Rev. Gonzalo MirandaThe Netherlands' decision to allow the euthanasia of children could lead to the practice of arbitrarily deciding which youngsters will live or die, warns a leading bioethicist. Read more... Some Aspects of the Euthanasia Debate - IAIN BENSONIain Benson responds to the arguments of the pro-euthanasia lobby. He begins with a discussion of how we now speak (and think) about “right” and “wrong”, the problem of “values language”. Read more... Suicide lessons from Oregon - Kenneth R. Stevens Jr.After ten years and 300 deaths, what is there to learn from America's assisted suicide frontier? Read more... Terri Schiavo - Fr. Frank PavoneShe is not dying. She has no terminal illness. She is not in a coma. She is not on life-support equipment. She is not alone, but rather has loving parents and siblings ready to care for her for the rest of her life. She has not requested death. Read more... The 'real' Reagan - Colleen Carroll CampbellWith so many Americans affected by Alzheimer's, you would think our view of its sufferers would have matured since Ronald Reagan's supposedly stigma-shattering revelation in 1994. Read more... The Case of Terri Shiavo - Fr. William SaundersA friend of mine and I had an argument over Terri Schiavo as to whether food and water should be stopped to allow her to die. I said that to do so would really be like killing her. She said that she is going to die anyway. Is there any Church teaching on this matter? Read more... The Legalisation of Euthansia - DR. BRIAN POLLARDA number of important factors, hitherto ignored or misunderstood in the debate about the legalisation of VE, have now been revealed in several large studies. Read more... The role of death - Margaret SomervilleApproval for euthanasia muffles our proper emotional response to a person's passing. Read more... We can help those suffering to find meaning beyond human limitations - Dr. Rene LeivaAs a response to the challenge of euthanasia, Dr. Rene Leiva explains how he helps patients who suffer from "depression of the soul". Read more... Related Categories:Pages Updated On: Sun Nov 20 2011 - 04:19:11
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