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Home: Current Issues: Euthanasia: LINKS_PAGE Current Issues: Euthanasia: LINKS_PAGEArticles: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 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... What is Euthanasia - DR. BRIAN POLLARDEven though euthanasia is a common topic for general discussion, its real nature and significance are complex and, not surprisingly, it is therefore often misunderstood. Read more... What's love got to do with it: The ethical contradictions of Peter Singer - Peter ColosiUtilitarian philosopher Peter Singer says some humans -- particularly fetuses, newborn babies, and elderly people suffering from dementia -- should be killed if their deaths will reduce overall suffering. Never mind that Singer broke all of his own rules when his mother became ill with Alzheimer's disease. Read more... When Death is Our Physician - WESLEY J. SMITHThe most effective weapons in the pro-assisted-suicide arsenal are fear-mongering, distortion, euphemism, half-truths, and lies, all deployed to the drumbeat of “choice.” False arguments are gladly spread by the contemporary media, which avoid depth and context, preferring 30-second sound bites, tabloidism, and soap-opera shallowness. Read more... Who decides when care is ‘futile’? - WESLEY J. SMITHThroughout the U.S.and Canada, hospitals and medical associations are quietly adopting formal "futile care" policies which are nothing less than the modern equivalent of exposing unwanted infants on hills and abandoning the infirm and elderly by the side of the trail. Read more... Related Categories:Pages Updated On: 20-Nov-2009 - 18:13:37
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