Here are a few recent killings that have made news around the country – New Rochelle man charged with murder in ‘mercy killing’ (NY): Paul Weinstein told police that an argument with his wife ”set him off“ and that he shot her dead in their New Rochelle home after he failed to suffocate her with … Continue reading More Men in the News – Killing Ailing Wives and Calling it “Mercy”
From Alex Schadenberg at his blog for the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition: New Group Misrepresenting Canada’s Euthanasia Law Excerpt: I received a call from Stephen Drake, the research director for Not Dead Yet, a disability rights group. Drake asked me whether I knew the group Dignity in Death? I answered no. In fact when I went … Continue reading Canada: New Pro-Euthanasia Group Misinforms — and Doesn’t Want Anyone to Know Much About Them
(Addendum) – Up top, in the interest of fairness. I just got off the phone with the Princetonian’s Editor-in-Chief. He says that tomorrow’s edition will carry an apology and correction. The post below is still relevant, though – everyone should know what the fuss is about. –Stephen Drake Last week, I was contacted by a … Continue reading Princetonian Celebrates Ten Years of Peter Singer – By Libeling NDY And Fabricating a “Violent Protest”
I’m late getting to this one. Last month BMJ published an editorial by Deputy Editor Tony Delamothe titled “Assisted Dying: what’s disability got to do with it?“ Here’s his intro: The debate on assisted dying has been hijacked by disabled people who want to live. It needs to be reclaimed for terminally ill people who … Continue reading BMJ Editor Says He Doesn’t “Get” Disability Opposition to Assisted Suicide – Is He Really That Stupid or Just a Liar?
Well, now that National Suicide Prevention Week is over, I guess the field is wide-open when it comes to romanticizing the suicides of people with disabilities in the popular press. Scary thought. Just when I get to the point where I think I’ve seen everything in terms of sensationalized coverage that condones and sympathizes with … Continue reading Arizona Daily Star Romanticizes the Suicide of a Disabled Woman in a “Tribute”
