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Lisa Blumberg: The Anonymous Three: Child Euthanasia in Belgium and Elsewhere

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The Belgium Federal Commission on the Control and Evaluation of Euthanasia in its most recent report of Belgium euthanasia statistics stated that between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2017, three children died by lethal injection under the country’s euthanasia law. They were a nine year old with a brain tumor, an eleven year old … Continue reading Lisa Blumberg: The Anonymous Three: Child Euthanasia in Belgium and Elsewhere →

Lisa Blumberg’s Op-Ed Featured in New Haven Register

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Lisa Blumberg is an attorney and disability activist in Connecticut. Her op-ed, Why the disability community opposes doctor assisted suicide, appeared today in the New Haven Register. Here are some excerpts. People who have always been able to get the healthcare they want may assume assisted suicide is a choice issue, but persons who have struggled … Continue reading Lisa Blumberg’s Op-Ed Featured in New Haven Register →

Lisa Blumberg: What Principles Should Govern Charlie Gard’s Case?

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The Charlie Gard case concerns a young British child with a very rare genetic condition that has currently left him unable to move, breathe or eat on his own. His parents wanted to take him to the United States for experimental treatment but his London doctors, believing he has suffered enough, wanted to turn off … Continue reading Lisa Blumberg: What Principles Should Govern Charlie Gard’s Case? →