Another UK Call To Make Killing OK

Well, here we go again. Loving wife commits suicide. Grieving family blame the UK law that punishes assisted suicide. This is what we have come to: Wanting to legalize killing so people won’t have to kill themselves alone. Very, very dark, I’m afraid.

Former England cricketer criticises assisted suicide laws that forced wife to die alone

Michelle Broad, 60, was open to family and friends about her plan to end her life if she got sufficiently ill.

However she refused to tell her husband how she intended to do it to avoid him being implicated in any potentially criminal acts.

Chris Broad, the former England cricketer, has criticised the laws over assisted suicide which meant his wife, who killed herself over her advancing Motor Neurone Disease, had to die alone. more

"Savior Siblings:" Soon We'll Be Using Them As Spare Part Humans

If you’ve never heard of “savior siblings” it refers to parents who deliberately produce another child to use, almost as a spare-part source, a previously born child with some serious disorder. In this case, all that was used was the cord blood from the second child – but who’s to say the next time it might be a kidney, or a liver . . .  or a heart??

'Savior sibling' raises a decade of  life-and-death questions

Ten years ago a little girl from Colorado made medical history when her parents and her  doctor at the University of Minnesota used genetic screening to create a baby that could save her life.

Now, 16 years old and back in Minnesota for her 10-year checkup, Molly Nash is unimpressed that her little brother -- her irritating little brother -- became a "savior sibling" by giving her his umbilical cord blood -- the sole reason she's alive today to back sass her parents. more

Aussie Health Minister Admits Administering Euthanasia

Yikes – Aussie Health Minister admits to killing patients. Oh, sorry, easing pain that resulted in death. Uh-huh.

I sped up death: Deputy Premier Kim Hames

WESTERN Australia's euthanasia debate has taken an unexpected twist.

Health Minister and Deputy Premier Kim Hames has admitted that as a GP he administered painkillers that had hastened a cancer patient's death.

Dr Hames said yesterday what he had done was legal and not the same as euthanasia, which he opposed, because the medication had been intended to ease a patient's suffering rather than end their life. more

Marketing Euthanasia In Aussie

Here's the banned Aussie euthanasia TV ad and sponsored, of course, by Aussie Dr. Death Phil Nietschke. God help us all.

Physician, Heal (Sorry, KILL) Thyself

I take no joy in a pro-deather dying. However, I would note for the record that here’s a pro-euthanasia doctor who chose to die naturally, and NOT by euthanasia. Case of do what I say, not what I do, I think.

Euthanasia doctor dies

Dr John Pollock, the doctor who reignited the euthanasia debate in recent months, has died.

He died peacefully at home last night, with his family. He was 61. more

Yikes! Many Aussie Docs Favor Euthanasia

If you live in Aussie, you better have a little heart-to-heart with your doctor. He or she might just be among the 40% or so of doctors who think killing people who are tired of life is OK.

Euthanasia survey finds support among Adelaide's GPs

MORE than four in 10 South Australian doctors think people aged over 70 who are "tired of life" should have access to euthanasia, Exit International says. more

Swiss Answer To Assisted Suicide - Regulate

Ah, gotta love the Swiss!! They’re taking some heat because of the notoriety of the Swiss death-clinic Dignitas. But, a survey says most Swiss are OK with people being killed when they or others think their lives aren’t worth living. How to proceed? Well REGULATE, of course. Uh-huh – regulation worked really well in the Netherlands.

Government wants rules for assisted suicide

The cabinet wants to specify the responsibilities of employees of assisted suicide organisations as part of a draft law.

The justice ministry said it was mandated to revise specific nationwide regulations in response to numerous objections raised during the consultation procedure. more

First They Came For People With Disabilities. . .

Good. Disability advocates have succeeded in getting the proposed Scottish assisted suicide bill to drop provisions that it applies to people with disabilities. Gee, why was it there in the first place? Could it be that we’re (again) trying to kill off those who are different. Nah, couldn’t possibly be, could it?

MSP drops disabled clause from assisted suicide bill

A proposal to allow disabled people in Scotland to kill themselves is set to be dropped following pressure from disability campaigners.

Bill Scott, Policy Officer at the campaign group Inclusion Scotland, welcomed the decision, saying: “That clause was dangerous, particularly at a time of cutbacks, to say to people you can’t live independently but you can apply for state-assisted suicide as if it’s a way out. more

Ah, You See, It's Not Murder, It's Pain Relief!! Yeah, Sure . . .

Wanna see the sinister evil of euthanasia? Read this whole piece. A health minister says he’s opposed to euthanasia, but then euthanatizes a patient. He says he was relieving pain, and that a side-effect was death. Uh-huh. If this hogwash holds, then all those people who are suddenly murdering others and claiming they were putting them out of their misery should go free.

Health Minister Hames helped patient die

As the euthanasia bill is debated in the West Australian parliament, state Health Minister Dr Kim Hames has revealed he helped a terminally ill patient die with a lethal dose of morphine. . . . .

Speaking to ABC radio on Wednesday, Dr Hames, who is opposed to euthanasia, said he had helped a patient pass away by issuing a strong dose of morphine. . . . .

"What I did was give pain relief, and the side effect of that pain relief resulted in that patient dying then rather than in half an hour's time," he said.

"That's very different to me putting in a drip and administering a concoction of drugs deliberately to take the life of that patient." more

Pro-Deather Exoo Isn't So Brave After All

Good, very good. George Exoo, who announced a week or so ago that he wanted to open and assisted suicide clinic in North Carolina, has backed off. Why? Because of the immediate opposition outcry. He says the vocal opposition has been a nightmare – as well it should be, because the only place that assisted suicide & euthanasia belong is in nightmares – the ones we wake up from, relieved that they are harmless and quickly forgotten.

Assisted suicide plan shelved

Only days after going public, an internationally known right-to-die advocate says he's calling off plans to open a center for assisted suicide in Gastonia. . . . .But last week, after newspaper and TV reports generated "nasty" website comments from the public, Exoo said he's abandoning his plans. "It's been a nightmare," he said. more

Aussie Doctors Opposed To Assisted Suicide Already Caving In?

Well, yes, once you legalize assisted suicide there’s no going back. What’s more interesting in this story is that doctors opposing assisted suicide are already seeking a “conscience clause” allowing them to opt out of killing people if assisted suicide becomes legal in Aussie. My take is that they know that sooner or later, legal it will be, and they want to be sure that they’re not forced to help people kick the bucket.

Docs in ‘no going back’ suicide fear

DOCTORS leaders yesterday warned there will be "no going back" if the law is changed to legalise assisted suicide in Scotland.

They also called for conscientious objectors among the medical profession to be allowed to "opt out" of the process. more

Pro-Deathers Know How To Use Media

We need to learn from the pro-deathers. As soon as there’s anything that even vaguely goes their way (like here, where the assisted suicide debate has been reignited in Aussie) they jump into the media to applaud the “victory.” We need to do the same on our side.

Dying With Dignity happy euthanasia back on agenda

Dignity group are pleased the euthanasia debate has resumed.

Their statements come after Australian Greens leader Bob Brown proposed that the rights of territory governments to legalise euthanasia be restored.

''They're taking the first steps so the issue is able to be debated again. It's keeping the matter in the public,'' member of DWD Barbara Morison said. more

Official Swiss Push-Back To Assisted Suicide

Well, well, well. Looks like the Swiss Government is tired of death-clinic Dignitas giving the country a bad pro-deather name. Seems like there’s some official push-back starting. Better late than never, I guess.

Government wants rules for assisted suicide

The cabinet wants to specify the responsibilities of employees of assisted suicide organisations as part of a draft law.

The justice ministry said it was mandated to revise specific nationwide regulations in response to numerous objections raised during the consultation procedure.

At the same time the interior ministry is to present its proposals for boosting suicide prevention and palliative care. more

Murderers Now Calling Themselves Suicide Assisters

This is a disturbing trend that seems to be increasing: As society becomes more aware of what assisted suicide is, murderers are using assisted suicide as a defense. Gee, who woulda thunk it??

Man charged in killing says it was assisted suicide

A man who told police he used a nylon strap to strangle another man because the man had asked for help committing suicide was charged Thursday with first-degree murder.

According to charging documents filed in King County Superior Court, Joshua S. Stattman, 32, told police that he "had no moral qualms about what he had done" and that the victim had been "ready" to end his life. more

Pressure Mounts For Ontario Euthanasia Hearings

Now that the Quebec euthanasia hearings are underway, there’s pressure from the pro-deathers to have similar hearings in Ontario.

Ontario. No euthanasia debate, McGuinty says

Dalton McGuinty has ruled out a Quebec-style discussion of euthanasia and other end-of-life issues despite strong signs of support from aging Ontarians. more

Interesting Take On The Quebec Euthanasia Hearings

Here’s a very interesting take on what’s really going on as the Quebec euthanasia hearings continue.

Quebec's collective depression

Quebec's roving public consultations on euthanasia and assisted suicide began on Sept. 7, and wrap up at the end of this week.

Euthanasia has become something of a cultural fetish in Quebec. Films, plays and TV series portray the suffering who seek out euthanasia or assisted suicide as our new spiritual nobility. Former PQ MNA Jean-Pierre Charbonneau proudly remarked last week, in response to the observation that Quebec is the only province engaged in official encouragement of euthanasia: "It's proof that Quebec is distinct!"

Some distinction. And no more boast-worthy than Quebec's higher suicide rate relative to the rest of Canada. more

Murder & Assisted Suicide - Tell Me Again How They're Different?

Sorry, I’m confused here. This woman is charged with murder, yet what she did is EXACTLY how assisted suicide happens. Here, the husband wanted to die. Wife provided the gun. He picked it up and shot himself in the head. In assisted suicide, the pro-deathers make a big fuss that the victim must have the physical strength to take the poison, etc., form an “assister.” How are these two circumstance s different, pray do tell?

Woman charged after husband kills self with gun she gave him

MIAMI — Tired of their bickering and her husband's complaints that he wanted to die, an exasperated Cutler Bay woman asked him if he wanted his pistol.

Yes, he replied -- so she fetched the weapon from another room and tossed it on the couch next to him, police said.

Then he shot himself, fatally, in the head. more

Here's The Brutality Of Euthanasia Posing As Love & Compassion

Here is the brutality of euthanasia posing as heroic and kind act. It pulls out all the usual suspects: lack of dignity, loss of quality of life, asking to die, being a prisoner in her own body, etc., etc.  So the Netherlands caved again, and established legal precedent by euthanizing someone who was unable to sign legal documents requesting the killing. Don’t worry; pretty soon, they’ll be killing people - just because they cxan. Oh, and BTW, the report states that Annie was depressed – but there’s absolutely no indication that anyone bothered to treat her depression, or, for that matter, to provide her with a communication device to replace her speech lost in a debilitating stroke.

Annie did it her way

Holocaust survivor Annie Kalman wins her final battle over right to die. After her euthanasia case sets legal precedent in Europe, her son seeks to change Israeli law. 'A person has the right to end his life with dignity, with grace,' he says. more

Margaret Somerville Warns The Aussies About Legit Euthanasia

Here’s a report of Canadian ethicist Margaret Somerville warning the Aussies of what legalizing euthanasia will mean. Whenever you see comments by Somerville, read them – urgently.

South Australians told euthansia law will make patients too fearful to access care

LEGALISED euthanasia can leave people too frightened to go to hospital, a medical ethicist said yesterday as an unlikely alliance formed in the latest bid to make euthanasia legal in South Australia.

Dr Margaret Somerville, founding director of Canada's McGill Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law, told a palliative care conference in Adelaide that in the Netherlands, where euthanasia is allowed, some people refuse to go to hospital. more

More Aussie Opposition To Euthanasia

Here’s more opposition to the legalization of euthanasia in Aussie. It’s perfectly reasoned & reasonable. Watch the pro-deathers paint opposition to their killing fetish as crazed right-wing-religious-crank nonsense. Trust me.

Vulnerable sick and elderly at risk if SA euthanasia bill passed

The Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) today called on South Australian parliamentarians to reject the euthanasia bill being introduced into the Lower House by Labor MP Steph Key today, saying that, if passed, the legislation would put the lives of vulnerable sick and elderly South Australians at risk.

ACL SA/Victorian Director Rob Ward said that the introduction of legalised euthanasia has been rejected on six separate occasions by the SA Parliament since 1995 – including as recently as November last year. Euthanasia legislation was also rejected in Tasmania last year and in Victoria in 2008. more

Mmmm . . . Might Suicide Be Narcissistic?

Gee, who’da thunk? The more you believe in something bigger than yourself, the less likely you are to want to kill yourself.

Swiss losing their religion are more suicidal

Researchers at Bern and Zurich universities have found that suicide rates are lower among people with an affiliation to one of Switzerland’s recognised churches.

Based on the 2000 census, there were 39 suicides for every 100,000 inhabitants with no church affiliation. In comparison, the figures for Protestants and Catholics were 28.5 and 19.7 respectively.

The researchers from the universities’ social and preventive medicine institutes added that the Catholic Church’s condemnation of both suicide and assisted suicide may play a role in the low rate among Catholics. more

Even More Scottish Opposition To The Pro-Deathers

In Scotland, right after doctors came out in opposition to the proposed pro-death legislation, here comes the nursing push-back.

Nurses in Scotland Revolt Against Suicide Bill

Nurses in Scotland yesterday cautioned that if the much controversial Margo MacDonald's assisted suicide bill is passed, the place would become a suicide destination for tourists.

If Ms. MacDonald is successful in her bid, then Scotland would become the first in the UK where potentially ill patients have the right to end their own lives. more

More Scottish Medical Opposition To Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia

More Scottish medicos opposing proposed assisted suicide legislation. Good for them.

Doctors warning over assisted suicide law change

SOME doctors could become specialists in assisted suicide if a proposed change in the law is passed, MSPs have heard.

Hospice chiefs warned the measure could "inhibit" dialogue with terminally-ill patients amid fears they could be seen as directing people towards assisted suicide. more

UK Pro-Deather Wannabe Busted

The UK’s Ray Gosling was applauded by the pro-deathers for coming out and publicly declaring that he killed his AIDS affected partner, purportedly as an act of mercy. Whether killing is ever “merciful” is beside this point – because Gosling lied to snatch some of the pro-deather limelight. Pitiful.

BBC presenter avoids jail for false AIDS killing claim

LONDON — A court handed a veteran broadcaster a suspended 90-day jail sentence Tuesday for wasting police time after he falsely claimed in a TV documentary that he killed an ex-lover who had AIDS.

BBC presenter Ray Gosling was arrested for murder in February after making the on-screen confession, which stirred up a media storm at a time when Britain was locked in an intense debate over assisted suicide. more

Reasoned Opposition To Aussie Pro-Deathers

Here’s a reasoned piece about why assisted suicide/euthanasia shouldn’t be legalized in Aussie.

NT euthanasia law should be left to rest in peace

Federal and Territory politicians should consider the multiple rejections of euthanasia legislation in jurisdictions across Australia in recent years, according to the Australian Christian Lobby’s Northern Territory Director Tristan Hatcher.

Greens Leader Bob Brown is again seeking to leverage the NT Assembly to further his radical social agenda by moving to have the Commonwealth’s anti-euthanasia laws overturned. more