Canada: Global News Live Blogging Promotion of Killing Disabled Kids Tonight (March 16)

…“put them down” would be the term. They also have ‘ethicist’ Arthur Schafer, who is on record as being in favor about just about any killing of old, ill or disabled persons as long as the killer says they did it out of mercy. The live blog is starting at 8:00 pm EST and will run until midnight. They are already taking comments (which run by a moderator. Go here to access the main site for the live blog. Go here to start submitting comments now. –S…

Not Dead Yet’s Op Ed articles

…ut making it easier for physicians to help New Yorkers die (New York Daily News, 10/22/19) Ruthie Poole: Should Mass. pass legislation to allow physician-assisted suicide? NO (Second article, Boston Globe, 07/12/19) Terri Hancharick: Commentary: Assisted suicide legislation endangers those with disabilities (Delaware State News, 05/14/19) Mike Reynolds: I can’t believe I’m still fighting against assisted suicide (Bangor Daily News, 04/09/19) Lisa…

Yesterday on Fox News…

…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…

Latest Pro-Euthanasia Research Makes Headlines by Redefining Slippery Slope and Use of Soft Data

…jectivity of Battin and her colleagues goes unquestioned in the mainstream news reports. I have a hard time imagining the publication of an article with contrary findings by an anti-euthanasia advocate that wouldn’t get challenged harshly on its objectivity. Many of the articles that have come out since yesterday are little more than reproductions of the press release issued by the University of Utah. This Reuters story by Will Dunham is one such…

More Updates on Amanda Baggs and Links to Other Bloggers

…ation and get appropriate medical treatment has been shared here. The good news is that the news of her scheduled surgery was true and her feeding tube is now in place. Now the bad news: In “So today was interesting,” Amanda Baggs shares the her struggles with hospital staff over inappropriate “assistance” with a bedpan, and an early, ill-conceived discharge plan ‘decided’ without her and other “interesting” features of the day. In this tumblr pos…