Last week, this blog devoted some space to the oral arguments held at the Montana Supreme Court over a lower court’s finding of a “constitutional right” to assisted suicide for “terminally ill” people. Since then, there has been surprisingly little discussion about the decision being awaited in Montana. Nevertheless, some people have been moved to … Continue reading Blog Bonanza: Montana and Assisted Suicide
I’m still catching up with news and posts that came out during my unplanned hiatus. Last week, the Heresy Corner published a guest blog entry by Clair Lewis, a prominent disability rights activist in the UK. Below is the intro to “My life is unbearable – don’t fix it, just kill me“: Care staff had … Continue reading Belated blog recommendation: “My life is unbearable – don’t fix it, just kill me,” by Clair Lewis
There were a number of developments over the past week or two that will need to be highlighted here. I am still catching up. In a case of déjà vu (we’ve had similar cases in the U.S.), a man with quadriplegia has won the “right” to starve himself in Australia. I was looking for the … Continue reading Australia: Christian Rossiter wins the only “right” that society is willing to grant him
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
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
