“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”
On July 21, the Winnipeg Free Press published an op-ed by Rhonda Wiebe (see below for brief bio). The op-ed is a response to ‘ethicist’ Arthur Schafer. The newspaper published an op-ed by him on July 19 titled “Assisted-suicide slope not so slippery.” Schafer is a poor choice to deny the existence of slippery slopes. … Continue reading NDY Board Member Rhonda Wiebe in Winnipeg Press: Expensive to Support Disabled but Suicide Kits are Cheap
Today, July 10, the Montreal Gazette published an op-ed by Not Dead Yet board chair Amy Hasbrouck. This op-ed is a response to the British Columbia Supreme Court decision that created a broad ‘right’ to suicide assistance. See below for a link to this excellent essay, along with an excerpt: How about the right to … Continue reading Montreal Gazette: NDY Board Chair Amy Hasbrouck Responds to BC Supreme Court Endorsement of Assisted Suicide in Op-Ed
Today’s (April 6, 2012) edition of the Wall Street Journal features an op-ed by Diane Coleman and Stephen Drake of Not Dead Yet. It’s titled ‘Second Thoughts’ Grow on Assisted Suicide.” You can read the first two paragraphs below. At this time, full access to the article is available only to subscribers of the paper. … Continue reading Wall Street Journal – NDY’s Coleman & Drake Pen Op-ed on Assisted Suicide, Brain Death and Advance Directives
The following are excerpts from an excellent piece by columnist Dominic Lawson. He arranged to visit SCOPE, the UK disability charity that published the results of a survey earlier this year, finding that 70% of disabled respondents expressed concerns about their own safety if assisted suicide was legalized in the UK. Lawson was allowed to … Continue reading UK – Dominic Lawson: Why the disabled fear assisted suicide
