…d euthanasia is a passionate one. But as the discussions continue to rage around the world, there are a few places where assisted death is already legal. Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Oregon and Washington States in the US all have laws permitting assisted suicide or euthanasia in some form. In this two-part documentary for the BBC World Service, actress and broadcaster Liz Carr goes on a personal journey to all six places…
…mation but we believe that there is very little you can do about that. The book Final Exit has been around for decades now with information on different ways to kill yourself, there’s internet groups devoted to that. The Assistance is the real problem and the Georgia case highlights that. As you said there are these allegations about holding people’s hands down, and y’know I don’t know how you distinguish that natural instinct to tear a bag off, a…
…bodied people advocate for ending the life of a disabled person on humane grounds, these judgments arise, cloaked in verbiage about ‘dignity.’ For a person with PVS, who cannot experience sensations of pain, these aesthetic grounds predominate. That may sound harsh. And it certainly can be the case that genuine compassion for apparent suffering can lead people who are close to and physically care for and tend to and feel responsible for someone in…
…icle below and prepare for the advocacy needed next. California Senate Bill 380 – A Deadly Bait and Switch on Assisted Suicide Posted to Politics September 13, 2021 by Lisa Blumberg Lisa Blumberg California is on the precipice of expanding its assisted suicide law which will have lethal consequences for many people. State Senate Bill 380, if enacted, would weaken the few requirements that must be met before a person diagnosed as terminally ill can…
…rector of the American Suicide Prevention Foundation, and co-editor of the book, “The Case Against Assisted Suicide”; Kathleen Foley – Physician at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and co-editor of the book, “The Case Against Assisted Suicide”; Ferdinando L. Mirarchi – Author of studies on physician withholding of life-sustaining treatment without patient consent; Ezekiel Emanuel – Author of “Four Myths About Doctor-Assisted Suicide,”[24] i…
