Final Exit Network Members Await Jury Decision in One State (AZ) and Lose Court Challenge in Another (GA)

April 20, 2011Arizona, assisted suicide, crime and punishment, cults, final exit network, Georgia, Our News & Commentary BlogStephen Drake

…er Defense Calls It a Day Final Exit Network Murder Case Should Go to Jury Today From the last story, some definitions and omissions that the jury will have to struggle with: Deputy county attorney Patrick Johnson told the panel that the Final Exit defendants’ intent was clear. “We’re not talking about an ignorant organization,” the young prosecutor said. “They’re smart people. They know know, and they knew they were breaking the law…They knew ful…

Dr. Phil: Promoting Killing People with Cognitive Disabilities – And a Close Encounter in 2002

April 18, 2012Annette Corriveau, Carol Carr, Dr. Phil, euthanasia, Geoffrey Fieger, mercy killing, murder, Our News & Commentary Blog, Phil McGraw, promoting murderStephen Drake

…ow precisely because he knows what Fieger’s take will be. Next he goes to ‘Ruthi.’ We don’t get to see any videos of Ruthi’s kids. She might be an articulate advocate in other venues, but she’s been outmatched here. Not only does the “I want to kill my kids” mom have the stage, but interruptions by Corriveau and Fieger eat up over half of the little time Ruthi has to voice her objections to what is being promoted that day. Next – he asks for a sho…

UK: Disability Campaigners Press For Law Enforcement on Assisted Suicides

January 9, 2009advocacy, assisted suicide, crime and punishment, Our News & Commentary Blog, United KingdomStephen Drake

…sisted suicide is wrong in both instances: “While we continue to live in a world where disability or end-of-life care are seen as negative, we will never get to a situation where people can take their own lives in a non prejudicial way,” she says. Like disability advocates all over the world (including the U.S.), advocates like Carr and Campbell already have their hands full advocating for resources that people with disabilities need to live. Not…

Peter Singer: Latest Lecture Recommends Rationing Health Care on the Back of Disabled People

September 28, 2011bioethics, disabilities, disabled people, discrimination, health care reform, healthcare rationing, Our News & Commentary Blog, Peter SingerStephen Drake

…176th in infant mortality and 50th in life expectancy according to the CIA World Factbook. According to a study conducted by the World Health Organization, the United States health care system is ranked 37th. These statistics make “it look like we’re not getting good value for money,” Singer said. From NDY’s perspective, Singer’s stating the obvious here. It’s hard to understand how anyone other than affluent people with comprehensive health insur…

Not Dead Yet UK Warns About Lord Falconer’s Aim to Legalize Assisted Suicide

August 20, 2024aid in dying, assisted suicide, jane campbell, Liz Carr, miss dennis queen, Not Dead Yet UK, Our News & Commentary Blog, Phil Friend, safeguards, slippery slope, United Kingdomassisted suicide, Not Dead Yet UK, United KingdomDiane Coleman

…ever, this does not reassure us. We have seen, again and again, across the world, that laws that begin with relatively strict parameters, such as terminal illness, expand and expand until people with treatable conditions, children, and people who simply can’t afford accessible housing end up being approved to die by assisted suicide. While Falconer assures us there will be “safeguards”, in reality, these safeguards are virtually impossible to impl…