BBC Radio World Have Your Say Transcript 11/3/14 Emma Wilson: Now the debate about assisted suicide, or the right to die is not new, but the death of a 29 year old woman, Brittany Maynard, who decided to take lethal drugs to end her life in the US after being diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, has revived that difficult debate, now Brittany just before she died on Saturday she posted a video on You Tube, it has been watched over 10 million tim…
…heir information source. (Update: transcription is done!) In the meantime, Foxnews.com has a print article with much of the content that is in the video piece – not surprising since the author of the article is also the reporter in the video piece: Amid Skepticism, Jack “Dr. Death” Death Kevorkian Runs for Congress: By Jeff Goldblatt Assisted-suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian Tuesday received the paperwork he’ll need to fill out in order to run for…
…my ailments are solved over the phone, or I go to the chemist and buy my drugs and pop them, and I’m ok again. I mean physical contact between patients and doctors is being reduced in many countries. We’re moving into a high-tech medical world. Isn’t it now possible, where governments can just say “This disease and this disease it’s already been decided. You know, we’re not going to treat them, because we can’t afford it. There’s no money there….
Today, March 24th, the U.S. News & World Report site published an article titled “Is There a Right to Die?” The article focuses mainly on the current battle around assisted suicide legislation in Connecticut. The most remarkable aspect of this article is that about half of it is devoted to quotes from disability activists, who are the only opponents to legalized assisted suicide quoted in the article. Marilyn Golden from DREDF is quoted as are Di…
…ple to Switzerland to commit suicide with the “help” of Dignitas. From the BBC: The House of Lords has defeated a motion to change the law that makes it a crime for loved ones to help the terminally ill to travel abroad to die. In introducing the proposal, Lord Falconer said there exists a legal “no-man’s land” that requires clarity. The Lords voted to defeat the amendment to the Coroners and Justice Bill by 194 to 141. At least 115 people from th…
