…example, Final Exit Network (FEN) – the vigilante, assisted suicide cult. Wesley’s been in this fight a long time – somewhat longer than me, in fact. You should read his further thoughts on this particular phenomenon if you’re interested in it. And I don’t just say that because he’s linked to yesterday’s post and quoted from it. 😉 I’ll have a bit more to add at the end of this post, but here’s the intro to Wesley’s post, Invisible Suicide Prevent…
…o would know this was a possible benefit. There is no way I can improve on Wesley Smith’s concerns about the impact of this proposal if it was adopted: Think very carefully about this. Do we want the society to have an increased stake in executing prisoners? No. Even if one is for the death penalty, the issue should be strictly limited to crime and punishment. Do we want prisoners deciding to give up appeals early–as here–so their organs are more…
…cia Gallegos interviewed Georgia disability activist and organizer Eleanor Smith for her reaction: Not Dead Yet, an advocacy organization for people with disabilities, called on the Georgia General Assembly to enact a new assisted-suicide law that can withstand constitutional muster. “It’s important to rewrite the law so that it becomes very clear that assisted suicide is not legal in Georgia,” said Eleanor Smith, director of Not Dead Yet’s Georgi…
Submitted Testimony On Bill 5-382 December 8, 2014 By Norman A. Smith, President, Board of Directors Progressive Center for Independent Living Thank you for the opportunity to testify on S-382. My name is Norman Smith, and I am president of the Progressive Center for Independent Living, which is a nonprofit that is staffed and administered by people with disabilities to advocate for people with disabilities. We serve Mercer and Hunterdon Counties…
…, of course, for too many people to take the word of people like myself or Wesley Smith. But I would like to think that some comments regarding a similar case by bioethicist Steven Miles might make Pope and others entertain some other possibilities beside the standard “miraculous recovery” line: June 28, 2007 — Two short weeks after the culmination of a legal battle between his wife and family over whether to maintain his life support, Jesse Ramir…
