Tomorrow (Sept. 2, 2009) the Montana Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the Montana Attorney General’s challenge of a lower court ruling that defined assisted suicide as a “right.” Today’s edition of the New York Times contains a fairly good account of the stakes – and stakeholders – in the current legal battle in … Continue reading NY Times: Montana Court to Rule on Assisted Suicide Case (NDY Quoted)
(note: for a variety of reasons, the comments have backed up in the moderation queue. I plan on posting backlogged comments tomorrow, with replies.) The new issue of Time Magazine has an interesting essay by Nancy Gibbs, who is a pretty mainstream journalist. What makes this interesting is that she has taken a look at … Continue reading Time Magazine: Nancy Gibbs Voices Concerns Over Assisted Suicide
I’ll say something that others are probably too polite to say: Pro-euthanasia advocates in the UK have got to be very very grateful to the children of Sir Richard Downes and his wife Joan. Why? They went public with the story that they accompanied the couple to Switzerland for a double suicide – and chased … Continue reading UK: New Swiss Suicide Tourist Case – Double Suicide
Originally made for the Society for Disability Studies (SDS) Conference, 2009, this film by Liz Carr and Katherine Araniello, is a satirical look at the media coverage of assisted suicide in the UK. While folks in the UK or people who follow this topic will be able to identify the specific video clips most readily, … Continue reading UK: Our Time To Die? A satirical look at media coverage of assisted suicide
Regular readers have probably come to expect periodic links to Bill Peace at his Bad Cripple Blog. His latest entry, posted on Sunday, is titled “Assisted Suicide: A Necessary but Depressing Debate.” It should come as no surprise when I strongly recommend that people who are interested in these issues read what he has to … Continue reading Bad Cripple: William Peace on the Assisted Suicide Debate, Tom Shakespeare – and Me
