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?’
This is a post I meant to do a couple months ago. Part of what we try to do with this blog is to steer folks to great blogs on disability and especially to specific writings on NDY-related topics. There’s a new blog in town (not as new as it was a couple months ago) … Continue reading Blog Recommendation: Check Out ‘DisabilityRightNow’ Right Now!
On March 21st, the Monterey County Herald published an op-ed by Neil Shapiro, which was, until the last paragraph, a fairly unremarkable and unoriginal promotion of legalized assisted suicide. The author praised Jack Kevorkian and the states of Oregon and Washington – the two states that have legalized physician-prescribed suicide for people believed to have less … Continue reading Bad Cripple – Assisted Suicide: No Assistance Wanted
I can’t explain the feelings that go through me when Robert Latimer surfaces in the news again. Robert Latimer’s murder of his daughter Tracy was pivotal in getting my attention directed at the euthanasia movement and in providing a solid foundation for my opposition to the movement. Even though it looks like I haven’t written … Continue reading Robert Latimer – Murderer of Daughter Tracy Latimer – In the News Again
As promised, this is a list of additional blogs marking the death of Paul Longmore: I somehow left out the blog post by Daniel Goldberg at the Medical Humanities Blog. This rightfully belonged in yesterday’s list. This tribute by Wheelie Catholic to Paul Longmore was also up yesterday. WheelerMom writes about the heroes she hopes … Continue reading More Bloggers Remembering Paul Longmore
