UK: More Assisted Suicide Stories On The Telly

The UK entertainment media are running hard with stories about assisted sucide. Just another example of how the pro-deather movement is infiltrating the mainstream.

The Case: is daytime TV ready for assisted suicide?

Not many people would consider the BBC’s decision to schedule The Case, a legal drama revolving around assisted suicide, as a natural fit among the quiz shows and cooking competitions of daytime television. But writer David Allison didn’t set out to produce a topical drama about euthanasia. more

Entertainment Media Pushing Acceptance of Assisted Suicide

The panelist in this piece got it right - assisted sucide is creeping into the entertainment media, thus making it more acceptable as a social form of behavior.

Movies seen as influencing renewed momentum toward assisted suicide

An increase in the number of movies that present assisted suicide in a positive light is contributing to a renewed momentum to legalize physician-assisted suicide, especially in the New England states, a panelist said at a Sept. 20 webinar sponsored by the National Catholic Partnership on Disability. more

Assisted Suicide Seeps Into The Entertainment Industry

A popular UK soap has decided to mix in a story about an assisted sucide. It's this kind of thing that will desensitize the general public to the horrors of assisted suicide and euthanasia.

Assisted Suicide in Emmerdale

A PARALYSED character in Emmerdale is to die in a controversial assisted suicide storyline, The Sun can reveal. Jackson Walsh's mother and his lover crush a lethal dose of tablets in a drink.

The ITV1 soap, watched by eight million viewers, was slammed last night by campaign groups who fear the producers are using the plot just to "chase ratings".

Jackson, played by Mark Silcock, 22, was injured in a road smash last year. He will ask boyfriend Aaron Livesy (Danny Miller) and mum Hazel (Pauline Quirke) to help end his life.

An Emmerdale insider last night said: "Jackson will start discussing plans to end his life in the next few weeks. more