There’s a fresh piece from Ann Neumann on Alternet, bemoaning the way the euthanasia debate in the UK – and here in the US – has become another aspect of the “Culture Wars.” As mentioned in an earlier post, there has been a flood of pro-euthanasia coverage in the UK. It’s even got Ann Neumann, … Continue reading Alternet: Ann Neumann’s Disingenuous Complaints About the State of the Euthanasia Debate
I’ve been intending to write something about the complicated relationship between statutes governing brain death and the actual protocols used to determine when someone is brain dead. That will have to wait for another time. Right now, it looks like the state of Virginia is poised to streamline the requirements for declaring a patient “brain … Continue reading Virginia: Easing Standards for Declaration of Brain Death – and Increasing Errors
Earlier this month, this blog shared the news of the emergence of a “new” pro-euthanasia group in Canada and its “awareness” campaign via faux “memorial plaques” (stickers, in reality) on park benches in Toronto. At the time, the person or persons behind the group was a mystery. Not any longer. According to the Toronto Star, … Continue reading More on Canadian Pro-Euthanasia “Awareness” Campaign – from Alex Schadenberg and Toronto Star
Celebrate Life is the magazine of the American Life League. I think this is the first time this blog has linked to anything from the publication. The magazine has just published a short article by John Mallon that has been emailed to me from three different sources – all of them apparently thinking it’s a … Continue reading “Celebrate Life” Blasts Two Opponents of Assisted Suicide
(Note – please read to the end. The main point of this story is that the Final Exit Network seems to have taken some pains to eliminate traces of a November ’08 press release that might interfere with current efforts to improve their public image. –Stephen) Unfortunately, there’s been a small rash of elderly men … Continue reading Final Exit Network in the News – Reframing Themselves and Erasing the Past
