Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition regularly receives stories from family members or friends concerning medical decisions. Yesterday I was sent a story from a grieving son whose mother died a few days after she was given medication that she had specifically refused. The issue of consent can be difficult.Continue reading “Medicating people without consent or against their expressed wish is illegal.”
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America moves to protect Conscience rights for healthcare professionals.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The Trump administration announced recently an order to protect conscience rights for healthcare workers in America. According to CNBC: In a release last week, the Health and Human Services announced the issuance of its final “conscience” rule, which it said follows President Donald Trump’s May 2017 executive orderContinue reading “America moves to protect Conscience rights for healthcare professionals.”
Nine Elderly Couples Were Euthanized in the Netherlands
This article was published by Wesley Smith on May 8, 2019. Wesley Smith By Wesley Smith Joint suicides by elderly couples used to be considered a tragedy. In the Netherlands, doctors killing elderly couples together is a considered medical treatment (Belgium too, and at least once in Canada). 2018 Netherlands euthanasia data: Deaths are lowerContinue reading “Nine Elderly Couples Were Euthanized in the Netherlands”
UN Committee prevents disabled man from being dehydrated to death in France.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Vincent Lambert’s mother has been fighting for his life. The United Nations committee on disability rights is intervening in the Vincent Lambert case in France. Lambert was cognitively disabled in a motorcycle accident injury in 2008. In 2015, his wife petitioned the court to have all treatment andContinue reading “UN Committee prevents disabled man from being dehydrated to death in France.”
Euthanasia drops by 7% in the Netherlands in 2018.
By Richard Egan, researcher with the Australian Care Alliance The latest annual report on euthanasia and assisted suicide from the Netherlands shows that in 2018 the number of reported deaths by euthanasia decreased – for the first time since legalisation – to 6126 (a 7% decrease from 6585 cases in 2017).Dutch deaths by euthanasiaContinue reading “Euthanasia drops by 7% in the Netherlands in 2018.”
Magazine article promotes euthanasia for people with dementia.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition There is a concerted campaign led by Canada’s euthanasia lobby to extend euthanasia to people with dementia, who previously expressed a wish to die by euthanasia. Audrey Parker died on November 1, 2018 as part of a DWD campaign to promote euthanasia for incompetent people (Link to the article).AnContinue reading “Magazine article promotes euthanasia for people with dementia.”
Oregon Bill HB 2217 greases the slippery slope from assisted suicide to euthanasia.
Written submission of Richard M. Doerflinger To: Members, Oregon Senate Re: Opposition to HB 2217 on “death with dignity” Oregon Senate May 2, 2019 I have analyzed legislative proposals on end-of-life issues for almost four decades, and I now live in Washington state which, like Oregon, has a law allowing “death with dignity.” HB 2217Continue reading “Oregon Bill HB 2217 greases the slippery slope from assisted suicide to euthanasia.”
Death by Organ Donation – Euthanizing patients for organs.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Dr E Wesley Ely E. Wesley Ely, who, among his other professional accolades, holds The Grant W. Liddle Chair in Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, wrote an insightful article that was published in the USA Today (today) titled: Death by organ donation: Euthanizing patients for their organs gains frightening traction.Continue reading “Death by Organ Donation – Euthanizing patients for organs.”
Sigue adelante el juicio de las audioguías de la Alhambra: se han perdido 1,3 millones de euros
El Juzgado de Instrucción número 4 de Granada ha ordenado continuar la causa por el trámite del procedimiento abreviado contra la exdirectora del Patronato de la Alhambra, María del Mar Villafranca, y dos investigados más por las posibles irregularidades en la contratación de las audioguías. El juez da así por finalizada la instrucción y consideraContinue reading “Sigue adelante el juicio de las audioguías de la Alhambra: se han perdido 1,3 millones de euros”
Health Canada publishes inaccurate and incomplete data on euthanasia in Canada.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition On March 21, I reported that there were 4235 “Medical Aid in Dying” euthanasia deaths in 2018, an increase of 50% over 2017, representing approximately 1.5% of all deaths. The data for my report was obtained from a presentation by Jocelyn Downie, an academic euthanasia activist, for theContinue reading “Health Canada publishes inaccurate and incomplete data on euthanasia in Canada.”
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