“The Drum” – part of Australia’s ABC network – is featuring a response to a recent “Q & A” with Peter Singer on the network. Readers of this blog can guess some of the territory he covered – infanticide, euthanasia, personhood, etc. Anyone curious can check out the interview. The responder to Singer is Stella … Continue reading Australia: ABC ‘Ramp-Up’ Editor Writes “The Case Against Peter Singer”
I’m happy to share an update on a story we covered earlier this year – about a young girl – Amelia – who has Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome. Back in January, her mother wrote about an awful meeting at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia about Amelia’s failing kidneys. They were told by the transplant surgeon that her … Continue reading Update on Amelia (Philadelphia Transplant Denial) With Welcome News
There’s an interesting new response to Bill Peace’s essay in the Hastings Center Report in which Bill described a very disturbing late-night visit by a physician while Bill was hospitalized for care and complications relating to a stage IV skin breakdown. An excerpt has been posted as a comment on Bill’s response to invited reactions … Continue reading New Bill Peace-Related Response – ‘Who would want a child like that?’
Sorry we’re a little late with this. As most of the folks who read this blog know, last Thursday July 26 was the 22nd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, or “ADA Day”. In Boston last week, the ADA shared the spotlight with our very good friend John Kelly – ally, activist, scholar and … Continue reading Boston, MA: Boston Mayor Proclaimed July 26, 2012 ‘John B. Kelly Day’
The 22nd Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) seems like the perfect opportunity to set the record straight about how theADA relates to assisted suicide. There’s a rarely articulated idea that assisted suicide is a sort of ADA“reasonable accommodation” to enable people who have serious physical impairments to have equal access to suicide. … Continue reading Assisted Suicide Laws Violate the ADA
