My Bad & Thanks To My Dear Colleague Alex

My good friend and esteemed colleague Alex Schadenberg notes a flub on my blog (post immediately below) - my joy at a politician "getting it" was not Canadian, but Tasmanian. Thanks, oh great guy. Alex is the go-to guy on things assisted suicide/euthanasia in Canada & increasingly internationally. Follow him here at the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition and his blog here.

Even More Ugly Euthanasia Truths From The Netherlands

My good friend and colleague Alex Schadenberg alerted us to a little bit of nasty truth seeping out of that quagmire that is legalized euthanasia in the Netherlands – that what is now law started as a behind-the-scenes movement by a very few death-doctors who were willing to do all the hard work. They succeed, unfortunately.

Dutch Doctor Reveals Euthanasia Laws Passed through Covert Planning Phase

Commentary by Alex Schadenberg, Chairman, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition

July 8, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A letter written by Aycke Smook, a retired physician from Bergen Am Zee in the Netherlands, was published on the euthanasia lobby listserve to commemorate the death of Adelbert Josephus Jitta, a retired Dutch Prosecutor who had worked to change the euthanasia laws in the Netherlands.

The letter explains how Jitta and Smook worked together to change the Dutch laws by establishing euthanasia protocols in the hospital, by undermining the Dutch euthanasia law and by prosecuting cases that were designed to be struck down by the courts to establish precedents that allowed euthanasia. more

Canadian Parliament 1 Pro-deathers 0

Well, after several attemts by a pro-death Canadain politician, a bill on assisted sucide and euthanasia has been soundly defeated. Good lesson for us to earn: This defeat was in no small way due to the incredible efforts of my friend & colleague, Alex Schadenberg and his Euthanasia Prevention Coalition. Without his energy and leadership, things might well have been different.

Canadian parliament overwhelmingly votes down euthanasia, assisted suicide bill

The Canadian Parliament turned down recently a bill to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide.

In a landslide vote, the House of Commons rejected Bill C-384 by a vote of 228 to 59. more