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
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
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
Last week, I was quoted in an Associated Press article about the legal challenge mounted by Final Exit Network (FEN) and one of the group’s supporters in a Georgia courtroom. I wrote about it in the last post on this blog. The more recent article, by AP reporter Greg Blustein, takes a broader look at … Continue reading “The Unspoken Argument” – Final Exit Network, Derek Humphry and a Rough Road Ahead
Anyone who has followed the Final Exit Network (FEN) since the news broke out about the arrests of members in Georgia and Arizona has to have noticed that the group has changed its tune about just what its mission is, and just what kind of “help” they give to people who commit suicide. A lawyer … Continue reading Final Exit Network (FEN) in Court – Say Charges Violate “Free Speech”
