A personal commentary on the view that “death with dignity” is virtually synonymous with physician-assisted suicide (or physician-assisted death). Read more >>
Continue Reading → Physician-Assisted Suicide and the Rise of the Consumer Movement
Since Quebec's law allowing doctor-assisted death came into effect in December 2015, 253 Quebec patients have requested the procedure, and 166 have received it. Read more >>
Continue Reading → More than 160 doctor-assisted deaths in Quebec since 2015
Those pushing for euthanasia and assisted suicide will often create euphemisms to disguise or soften attitudes away from natural repulsion at the thought of a doctor killing a patient or in helping them to suicide. Cleverly crafted acronyms often help. Read more >>
Continue Reading → Canada: the world has gone MAD
Mennonites who run Salem Home in Winkler, Man., spend about $10-million a year of taxpayers’ money for end-of-life care. For them, it’s a matter of conscience rooted in their view of the dignity of human life. Read more >>
Continue Reading → Assisted dying: Focus on support for the suffering, not hastened death
A 39-year-old man has requested euthanasia because he fears that he may be a paedophile. Read more >>
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