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Hawaii Senate Panel to Debate and Hear Testimony on Assisted Suicide Bill Today

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Because of the time difference between New York and Hawaii, the Senate hearing on assisted suicide hasn’t begun yet.  Here is the news from Friday’s Star Advertiser: Hawaii would become the fourth state to legalize physician-assisted suicide under a proposal being brought back for debate in the Legislature for the first time in four years. … Continue reading Hawaii Senate Panel to Debate and Hear Testimony on Assisted Suicide Bill Today →

Prize Given to Oregon Documentary on Assisted Suicide Tells Us More About the Judges Than the Film

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From The Oregonian: “How to Die in Oregon,” an intimate and poignant film about the impact of Oregon’s 1994 Death With Dignity Act, won the Grand Jury Prize in the U. S. Documentary Competition at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival tonight, one of the most prestigious awards that can be won by a non-fiction film … Continue reading Prize Given to Oregon Documentary on Assisted Suicide Tells Us More About the Judges Than the Film →

France: Euthanasia Bill Defeated in Senate Vote

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From Alex Schadenberg at the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition: (On January 25th) the Senate in France defeated a bill to legalize euthanasia by a vote of 170 to 142. The euthanasia bill was sponsored in the French Senate by Jean-Pierre Godefroy (Parti Socialiste), Alain Fouché (UMP) and François Autain and Guy Fischer (Parti communiste-Parti de gauche). … Continue reading France: Euthanasia Bill Defeated in Senate Vote →

Belgium’s Bountiful Harvest – of Organs of Disabled People Killed Under Medical Supervision

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From Michael Cook at Mercatornet, comes this newest development from Belgium.  Apparently, some doctors in that country are so excited about this that they put together a powerpoint presentation about the practice at a national conference: A group of Belgian doctors are harvesting “high quality” organs from patients who have been euthanased. This is not … Continue reading Belgium’s Bountiful Harvest – of Organs of Disabled People Killed Under Medical Supervision →

Please Support Not Dead Yet With a Year-End Donation

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Not Dead Yet needs your help.  As you might have noticed, pro-euthanasia organizations are flush with cash.  They employ lobbyists, have public relations departments, pay for billboard campaigns and have even succeeded in pretty much ghost-writing some of the press coverage about assisted suicide and euthanasia.The “right to life” organizations are also well-funded, but many … Continue reading Please Support Not Dead Yet With a Year-End Donation →