…tegic. Anyone who is a political cable news junkie knows about the “Friday news dump.” News “dumped” on a Friday minimizes news coverage – news readership of papers is down, news stations aren’t staffed as well. By the time Monday comes, the news is stale and no longer news at all. Strong Hospital and the Catholic Family Center picked a perfect Friday for minimizing any attention being given to the death of Dorothy Livadas. The media is focussed o…
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…
…e been more hand wringing over the growing costs of healthcare than we see today. On a worldwide basis, whether paid by private insurance or government programs, there are worried statements that this growth is not sustainable, all coming from professionals who have healthcare themselves. Meanwhile, those who struggle to get the healthcare they need face the threat of more cuts. In the U.S., this led to repeated protests and arrests of disability…
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…
