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Home: Current Issues: Euthanasia: LINKS_PAGE Current Issues: Euthanasia: LINKS_PAGEArticles: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... Related Categories:Pages Updated On: 28-Oct-2009 - 14:23:54
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