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Assisted suicide bill defeated in the Montana Judiciary Committee

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by Alex Schadenberg Fri Feb 11 14:02 EST Comments (0)

Congratulations to everyone who worked in coalition to successfully defeat Senator Anders Blewett’s bill SB 167 by a vote of 7 - 5 in the Montana Senate Judiciary Committee. SB 167 would have legalized assisted suicide in Montana.

Senator Greg…

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Six countries, six defeats for euthanasia

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by Alex Schadenberg Wed Feb 09 12:18 EST Comments (0)

Dr. Peter Saunders, the former director of the Care Not Killing Alliance in the UK and a speaker at the upcoming Third International Symposium on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide that will be in Vancouver BC on June 3 - 4, 2010, yesterday published…

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Tags: assisted suicide, euthanasia

French Senate defeats euthanasia bill by 170 to 142

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by Alex Schadenberg Wed Jan 26 11:29 EST Comments (0)

Last night the Senate in France defeated a bill to legalize euthanasia by a vote of 170 to 142.

The euthanasia bill was sponsored in the French Senate by Jean-Pierre Godefroy (Parti Socialiste), Alain Fouché (UMP) and François Autain and Guy…

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Some media reports have been irresponsible in their reporting of Quebec double murder case

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by Alex Schadenberg Wed Jan 19 11:11 EST Comments (0)

I am often surprised how the media is willing to report a double murder as a possible “mercy killing” even before the facts of the case have been properly established.

The prime example is the incredibly sad and disturbing case of Sylvain Guidi…

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Jocelyn Downie is planning to spin the truth about euthanasia at McGill University

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by Alex Schadenberg Wed Jan 12 18:24 EST Comments (2)

Jocelyn Downie

An article written by Olivia D’Orazio and published in the Canadian Lawyer Magazine on December 29, 2010; explains that Jocelyn Downie will once again be spinning her false arguments concerning the legalization of euthanasia and assisted suicide…

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Killing the vulnerable by dehydration

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by Alex Schadenberg Mon Jan 10 18:53 EST Comments (1)

Wesley Smith

Recently an Italian newspaper, Avvenire, interviewed bioethicist Wesley Smith about the deaths of Terri Schiavo and Eluana Englaro,. Schiavo and Englaro had similar cognitive disabilities and both of them were directly and intentionally dehydrated…

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Euthanasia lobby using the Catholic card to marginalize those who oppose euthanasia

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by Alex Schadenberg Thu Jan 06 15:21 EST Comments (0)

The Euthanasia lobby appears to be frustrated by the way they are attacking people who oppose euthanasia by once again taking out the Catholic card.

The Catholic card is a long standing strategy for the euthanasia lobby. They recognize that if they…

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Study finds that a fraction of elder abuse cases are reported

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by Alex Schadenberg Tue Jan 04 16:58 EST Comments (0)

The Sacramento Bee newspaper published a short article on December 31, 2010 written by Anita Creamer on a Cornell University study that proves that only a fraction of elder abuse cases are ever reported.

The article stated:

New research from…

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Tags: elder abuse, euthanasia

Finnish Nurse convicted of murdering five patients

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by Alex Schadenberg Thu Dec 23 16:38 EST Comments (1)

Aino Nykopp-Koski (60), a nurse, has been convicted of murdering five of her patients and attempting to murder another five patients. Nykopp-Koski was sentenced yesterday in Helsinki to life in prison.

The media reported that:

Nykopp-Koski, 60,…

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Tags: belgium, euthanasia

The acquital of Stéphan Dufour is not an assisted suicide precedent for Quebec.

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by Alex Schadenberg Thu Dec 23 12:36 EST Comments (0)

Yesterday, the acquital of Stéphan Dufour for assisting the suicide of his uncle Chantal Maltais, was unanimously upheld by three judges on the Quebec Court of Appeal.

The Quebec court of appeal judges correctly stated: “assisted suicide is a…

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Tags: canada, euthanasia, euthanasia prevention coalition

Seniors groups are calling for a National Elder Abuse report line in Australia

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by Alex Schadenberg Mon Dec 13 15:54 EST Comments (0)

The Canadian government has identified elder abuse as a serious societal problem and is making significant investment into elder abuse prevention programs.

The Australian newspaper reported today in an article written by Jared Owens that Seniors…

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Tags: australia, euthanasia, euthanasia prevention coalition

Belgium euthanasia: Study finds that nearly half of all euthanasia deaths unreported

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by Alex Schadenberg Sat Dec 04 17:35 EST Comments (0)

A study that was recently published in the British Medical Journal found that nearly half of all euthanasia deaths in the Flanders region of Belgium were not reported.

This study combined with the recent study that was published in the CMAJ in May…

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Tags: belgium euthanasia, choice is a lie, euthanasia prevention coalition

Assisted suicide lobby targets Vermont

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by Alex Schadenberg Fri Dec 03 11:25 EST Comments (0)

Now that Peter Shumlin is the democrat Governor of Vermont the suicide lobby has announced their intention to lobby for a bill to legalize assisted suicide in Vermont in early 2011 and throughout the New England states in 2012.

An announcement from…

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Tags: assisted suicide, peter shumlin, vermont

Man, 27, battles hospital to remove ventilator

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by Alex Schadenberg Tue Nov 30 12:33 EST Comments (0)

Dan Crews is seeking to have his ventilator removed.

I have just received a link to an article by Tia Ghose and published in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The article is about a very difficult case in Antioch Illinois concerning Dan Crews (27), who was paralyzed in a car crash at age 3 and…

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Tags: euthanasia

Robert Latimer is granted full parole

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by Alex Schadenberg Tue Nov 30 12:15 EST Comments (0)

Robert Latimer was granted full parole after serving his sentence for second degree murder, which was 25 years, 10 years before parole, in the murder of his daughter Tracy.

Latimer, from Wilke Saskatchewan, has been on day parole since March 2008,…

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