…of dignity”), and shame over incontinence. Prominent bioethicist Thaddeus Pope concedes that “Everybody who’s using medical aid in dying is disabled. And probably you could go to the next step and say the reason they want medical aid in dying is because of their disability.” To Pope, any disability a patient finds “personally intolerable” is sufficient reason to assist their suicide. In Massachusetts, assisted suicide bills have been put forward…
…nt medical aid in dying is because of their disability.” In February 2021, Pope said that the US is alone in limiting eligibility for assisted suicide to people diagnosed as terminal. He predicted that eligibility will be extended to non-terminal disabled people. Last October, Pope published “Top 10 New and Needed Expansions of US Medical Aid In Dying Laws.” in which he called for the elimination of any time frame for predicted death. He wrote tha…
…reason they want medical aid in dying is because of their disability.” To Pope, any disability a patient finds “personally intolerable” is sufficient reason to assist their suicide. In February 2021, Pope said that the US is alone in limiting eligibility for assisted suicide to people diagnosed as terminal and predicted that eligibility will be extended to non-terminal disabled people. He said then that the focus was on expanding eligible prescri…
…of this campaign and I urge people to read the rest of his post. Thaddeus Pope also wrote a short post about the campaign on his Medical Futility Blog. In his post, he shares links to the Toronto Star article and the Dignity in Death website. Pope tends to take a different view on assisted suicide and euthanasia than NDY does. However, he does tend to have a passion for accuracy. Evidently that passion didn’t extend to the misinformation on the D…
…attle that has life and death consequences. Both Wesley Smith and Thaddeus Pope have written about the messy situation surrounding Dorothy Livadas. Interestingly, both Wesley and Pope have termed this case as one revolving “futility.” I respectfully disagree. Here’s the short version: Dorothy Livadas has been in a coma for over five months. She signed a detailed living will that indicated she didn’t want ventilation or tube feeding if she was in a…
