All posts tagged "assisted suicide"
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1.4KHuman RightsProtests of ‘Me Before You’ movie take place around the world
The newest “romance” to hit the big screen has been widely publicized as a film that portrays how to “live boldly” with...
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1.3KNewsbreakCanadian hospitals and clinics refuse to participate in doctor-assisted suicide
After a 2015 ruling by the Canadian Supreme Court ordered the federal government to amend the criminal code to allow for euthanasia,...
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853OpinionNo, it isn’t a “blessing” when someone with a disability dies
Today’s culture is strangely paradoxical when it comes to disability and mental illness. On the one hand, medical advances have greatly increased...
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4.0KOpinionPeople with disabilities do ‘live boldly’ — and they’re not better off dead
There’s a good chance you’ve seen advertisements for a new movie that has been released. Imploring moviegoers to “live boldly,” “Me Before...
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2.8KInternationalVictim of sexual abuse euthanized in the Netherlands
The legalization of euthanasia always starts off in a seemingly benign manner: a case is made that people who are suffering from incurable...
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6.2KIssues
People are being euthanized in Europe… for autism
Euthanasia in Europe has become horrifying in its extremism. In countries where euthanasia is legal, it seems there is no shortage of...
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5.2KIssuesMarine diagnosed with same cancer as Brittany Maynard chose life instead
We all know Brittany Maynard’s story by now. The beautiful 29-year-old seemingly had it all, until she was diagnosed with Stage IV...
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Issues
Quote of the day: Euthanasia “floodgates” hard to close once opened
In 2002, the government of Belgium formed the Federal Evaluation and Control Commission for Euthanasia. Last week, they announced that seven of the seats...
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799NewsbreakCalifornia governor signs assisted suicide into law
In a heartbreaking final step, California’s Governor Jerry Brown signed an assisted suicide bill into law. California is now the fifth state...
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1.6K1NewsbreakMaggie Karner, woman who challenged assisted suicide laws, has died from cancer
Maggie Karner, the woman who sent a video to Brittany Maynard, the assisted-suicide supporter who took her own life, has died from the same cancer...
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1.1K1NewsbreakCalifornia Assembly approves assisted-suicide bill during Suicide Prevention Week
On World Suicide Prevention Day, the California Assembly approved a state assisted-suicide bill, which is expected to pass the California Senate. If...
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6943InternationalBriton with lung cancer is euthanized at same clinic as his wife 18 months earlier
18 months before Bob Cole died, his wife Ann had been euthanized at Dignitas in Switzerland. An avid assisted suicide advocate, Cole...
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Opinion
Tennessee’s Brittany Maynard
John Jay Hooker is a familiar name in the state of Tennessee. Until recently he had been described in a tongue and...
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3791Activism
California assisted suicide bill could return July 7
We recently saw some bad news come out of the California Assembly, with the passage of of a bill requiring pregnancy centers...
