Final Exit Network Members Passing Off “Boilerplate” Op-eds As Original Work?

March 31, 2009ethics, final exit network, media coverage, media issues, Our News & Commentary BlogStephen Drake

…rl Wettstein, published in the Arizona Daily Star. These op-eds or columns run between 500-600 words, so the following passages (and these are just the best examples) represent a significant portion of these “original” works: The media is calling the four people involved a “ring,” an obviously pejorative word. They are no more a ring than your bridge group. Please call Final Exit a volunteer group of Death with Dignity advocates, but not a ring. —…

Drake & Sobsey: “Let’s put this pet theory to sleep” on MercatorNet

March 27, 2009articles, dick sobsey, euthanasia, myths, Our News & Commentary Blog, pets, reality check, stephen drakeStephen Drake

…cy, but it’s only right that I show my gratitude by directing you to their site to read the article. –Stephen Drake Stephen Drake and Dick Sobsey | Friday, 27 March 2009 Let’s put this pet theory to sleep We have suffered long enough the euthanasia lobby’s myth that society is kinder to animals than to humans. Over the years, we’ve gotten thoroughly sick and tired of the repeated use of the myths surrounding pet euthanasia as an argument in favor…

Time Magazine Article Misrepresents Final Exit Network and Who They “Help”

March 4, 2009assisted suicide, crime and punishment, final exit network, media coverage, media issues, Our News & Commentary Blog, Time magazineStephen Drake

…al_exit_assisted_suicide.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Or go to the FEN site, which says, under “we serve”: Individuals with neurological illnesses such as Parkinson’s disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Muscular Dystrophy, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease) and Alzheimer’s disease often lose the reason and will to live long before their disease qualifies as “terminal.” Others who are facing protracted, losing battles with cancer, st…

Barbara Coombs-Lee and “Compassion” Join “Last Goodnights” Book Promotion

February 5, 2009assisted suicide, Homicide / 'Mercy Killing', media coverage, Our News & Commentary Blog, reality checkStephen Drake

…ate suicides claimed in West’s memoir. Again, if what West has written is true, it’s possible his father could have gone to a physician in Oregon and obtained his own prescription, legally. But West also claims to have assisted in the suicide of his mother, who had been recently diagnosed with alzheimer’s. His mother would be ineligible for a legal prescription in Oregon and would be under the statute that will be in effect in Washington State? I…

U.K.: Brignell Column on Disability and Assisted Suicide Misses Several Points

February 2, 2009assisted suicide, bioethics, Our News & Commentary Blog, reality check, suicide, Switzerland, United KingdomStephen Drake

…shared some of them. I won’t share them here. This isn’t a “how to do it” site. What supporters of the so-called “right” of Daniel James and others with physical disabilities are calling for is access to a specific means to commit suicide. In fact, the controlled substances used by Dignitas or used in other instances of euthanasia or assisted suicide aren’t available to the general public – except through a licensed medical professional. So this…