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“Celebrate Life” Blasts Two Opponents of Assisted Suicide

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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 great article. It isn’t. It contains smears of two medical professionals who have been two of the most consistent and reliable opponents of leg…

More on Canadian Pro-Euthanasia “Awareness” Campaign – from Alex Schadenberg and Toronto Star

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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, it’s the pet project of a couple of advertising professionals: The stickers are forthright in their message, dreamed up by …

It’s a New Year – A Little Housecleaning and a Word from Ben Mattlin

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This latest gap in posts was a little longer than planned. The holiday weeks were filled with several crises, all of which turned out OK, but took away time, attention and energy. I did a little housecleaning here. I deleted some comments waiting in the queue – they were both tiresome extensions of exchanges that were already pretty pointless. There’s a lot happening and I’ll be playing “catch-up” over the next days and weeks. Right now, I figure…

Montana – What Others Are Saying

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I’ve been struggling through the decision by the Montana Supreme Court in Baxter v. Montana. I’m still trying to get my head around the implications of the specific wording used in the decision – a decision which states there is nothing that currently prohibits physician-assisted suicide in Montana law right now (in the court’s interpretation). As a result, the court declined to evaluate any arguments regarding a “constitutional right” to an assi…

Montana Supreme Court Decision: A Non-Lawyer’s First Reaction

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First, the Supreme Court Opinion in its entirety can be found at this site in PDF format. As to a “constitutional right” and assisted suicide – the court avoided giving a ruling on that at all (but in doing so voided the lower court finding in that regard). Instead, through some strange permutations in finding that there is nothing currently barring doctors from giving lethal prescriptions to “terminal” patients. For a full understanding, you’ll …