Search results for "euthanasia"
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2.4KNewsbreakAustralian doctor slams assisted suicide: ‘I want to care for people, not kill them’
In Australia, the legalization of assisted suicide is under debate. Proponents are urging for residents to vote in favor of “assisted dying”...
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2.8KInternationalSwiss Planned Parenthood president invited to speak at the Vatican
Dr. Yvonne Gilli, the head of Switzerland’s affiliate of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), recently spoke at the Vatican as part...
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5.2KAnalysisChildren are not our enemies or liabilities. They’re our future.
Yesterday, NBC News published an opinion piece by Travis Rieder, a Johns Hopkins bioethicist, who suggests that people must stop having children...
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10.6KAnalysisCanada considers legalizing assisted suicide for children
As Canada moves to embrace assisted suicide, the country has found itself going further and further in just several short years. Assisted...
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5.2KHuman RightsQuebec government considers allowing people with Alzheimer’s to be euthanized without their consent
In 2015, Canada officially legalized assisted suicide. And the number of people taking advantage of it is huge — in Quebec alone,...
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3.3KIssuesWhy are attempts to legalize assisted suicide failing across the United States?
It wasn’t that long ago that assisted suicide was seen as a horrific crime; in the 1990s, Dr. Jack Kevorkian was given...
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3.2KHuman RightsPersons with disabilities speak out against assisted suicide: We are treated as ‘burdens or costs,’ not as members of society
Around the world, assisted suicide continues to spread, largely unchecked. In places like Belgium and the Netherlands, there are seemingly no limits...
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9.3KAnalysisCivil rights activist Dick Gregory: Abortion is Black ‘genocide’
Comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory died August 19, 2017, and although he is best known for his humor, the satirist...
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1.9KIssuesCase of Utah woman pressured into suicide for someone else’s financial gain illustrates problem with legalizing assisted suicide
As assisted suicide continues to spread across the country, it becomes more important than ever to be aware of how easily it...
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3.6KIssuesAmerican College of Physicians announces opposition to doctor-assisted suicide
For the second time since 2001, The American College of Physicians has announced in a position paper that it is against physician-assisted suicide,...
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2.7KGuest ColumnDespite what science tells us, pro-choice lies continue to bury preborn children alive
(Project If Life) Paris, 1786, was a year of heavy rains and flooding. The graveyard Les Innocents was overflowing with corpses; accordingly,...
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10.5KHuman RightsOutrageous: Women told there is a ‘moral duty’ to abort children with Down syndrome
People with Down syndrome are often targeted for death, even in our supposedly more ethical, tolerant world today. Women with prenatal diagnoses...
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1.8KNewsbreak
U.S. House votes to overturn Washington, D.C.’s assisted suicide law
Last December, assisted suicide became legal in Washington, D.C. — but it was not without controversy. There was strong opposition from the...
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2.8KIssuesPope Francis convinces a victim of an acid attack not to go through with assisted suicide plan
17 years ago, Consuela Cordoba was severely disfigured after her ex-boyfriend, Dagoberto Esuncho, threw acid all over her. Esuncho served just one...
