…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…
…entry titled “This post is about Tracy Latimer’s Murderer“: OH YAY! Gentle reader, I’m here to inform you that once again Tracy Latimer’s murderer is in the news, which means we can deal with another week or two or months or years of people wibbling on about how Tracy Latimer’s murderer is such a sweet innocent man who only murdered his disabled daughter because Tracy wasn’t really a person and deserved to be murdered, and how he’s such a victim o…
…add documentarian to the list. Carr is presenting a 2-part documentary on BBC World Service titled “Euthanasia Road Trip.” Part 1 has aired and is available to listen to on the BBC World Service site. Here’s how the site describes the documentary: The debate over assisted suicide and 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,…
…appointed that Kevorkian would be released in June. “We won’t forget the struggling disabled people he preyed upon. And we won’t be silent,” the group said in a statement. It added that it expected that the 78-year-old Kevorkian, after leaving prison, will show a “near-miraculous `recovery’” from his health problems, which include diabetes, hepatitis C, high blood pressure, hardening of the arteries in his brain and vertigo, according to his attor…
…report.pdf [29] Autopsy Cutbacks Reveal “Gray Homicides”: http://canhr.org/newsroom/canhrnewsarchive/2011/NPR20110205.html [30] See Hendin and Foley, Physician-Assisted Suicide in Oregon: A Medical Perspective, Michigan Law Review (2008): http://dredf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Hendin-Foley-Michigan-Law-Review.pdf, page 1628. [31] For more details and citations on the role of Compassion and Choices in Oregon assisted suicides, see M. Golden, W…
