Category Archives: euthanasia

Connecting Disability Rights and Animal Rights – A Really Bad Idea

Is there something in the air?  Earlier this year, a friend and former colleague introduced me to someone on Facebook – an amazing guy who has what looks like a bottomless well of energy and passion, judging from the status messages I see and the info on his info page. Sometime after I posted this … Continue reading Connecting Disability Rights and Animal Rights – A Really Bad Idea

Tales of the Weird – A Vet Weighs in On Katrina Hospital Killings

You can’t make up stuff like this. Having been on the “assisted suicide/euthanasia/better dead than disabled” beat for more years than I want to recall, I get to the point where I figure I’ve seen just about every ridiculous thing that could possibly be thrown into the pro-euthanasia mix. Boy, was I wrong. Meet Dr. … Continue reading Tales of the Weird – A Vet Weighs in On Katrina Hospital Killings

NDY Concerns Included in US Human Rights Network Stakeholder Reports to UN Human Rights Council

Today – August 24, 2010 – The US Human Rights Network (USHRN) published a compilation of 26 stakeholder reports in response to the report on domestic human rights submitted by the US State Department to the United Nations Human Rights Council. From the press release of the USHRN announcing the stakeholder reports: The report on … Continue reading NDY Concerns Included in US Human Rights Network Stakeholder Reports to UN Human Rights Council

Blog – “Euthanasia: Dog vs. Man” – A Succinct Analysis from a Nurse

Regular readers have read several posts here dealing with the use of pet euthanasia by pro-euthanasia advocates to promote their agenda. You can read posts on the subject here, here, and here. Well, today there’s a short blog post on the pretty much the same topic at the blog “Nursing: You Wanna Know What I … Continue reading Blog – “Euthanasia: Dog vs. Man” – A Succinct Analysis from a Nurse

Long Discussion on Kevorkian and Related Topics with Stephen Hand

On Saturday Morning, I was a guest of Stephen Hand on his show on blogtalkradio.  It was a long discussion that covered topics such as the recent positive media attention being given to Jack Kevorkian, mostly being stage-managed by HBO and CNN, which are both properties of Time-Warner.  We also talked about Peter Singer, bioethics … Continue reading Long Discussion on Kevorkian and Related Topics with Stephen Hand