Euthanasia
Written on 19 Jul, 2007 at 11:30 in
Euthanasia | Author:
Pete Vere Senior Reporter
As a young man, Alex Schadenberg travelled the country promoting the culture of life. His parents, Harry and Mary Schadenberg, were pioneers in Canada’s pro-life movement. During his first year of university, Alex was elected the national youth president of the Canadian Youth Pro-Life Organization. In giving his talks across the country, he rubbed shoulders with Canada’s pro-lifers from all ... (Continue reading)
Written on 19 Jul, 2007 at 11:12 in
Euthanasia | Author:
Alex Schadenberg Special to The Interim
A report entitled “End-of Life Practices in the Netherlands under the Euthanasia Act” was published in the New England Journal of Medicine on May 10. The media are claiming that the report states euthanasia in the Netherlands has dropped since its legalization in 2002. When reading the actual report, however, we learn of a different reality than that presented in the media.
The ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Jun, 2007 at 11:06 in
Euthanasia | Author:
Interim Staff
For the third time in as many years, a Quebecker has made headlines by assisting in the suicide of a sick loved one.
Stephen Dufour, 29, was arrested after police investigated the death of his uncle, Chantal Maltais who suffered from, depending on the news source, either polio or muscular dystrophy. Maltais was confined to a wheel chair and his nephew assisted ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Jun, 2007 at 9:38 in
Euthanasia | Author:
Pete Vere Senior Reporter
Pro-life activist and executive director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, Alex Schadenberg, was a featured speaker at the recent Catholic Women’s League convention for the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. He warned of the dangers of legalizing euthanasia and assisted suicide.
Evelyn Theriault, the outgoing CWL ... (Continue reading)
Written on 28 May, 2007 at 8:58 in
Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia | Author:
Gudrun Schultz and John-Henry Westen Special to The Interim The Ontario Conference of Catholic Bishops has released a statement clarifying the church’s position on euthanasia and assisted suicide. It is also calling on Catholics to question politicians about their stands on the issue.
“Catholics, like all other citizens, have the right and duty to participate in the political processes of our democracy,” the bishops state.... (Continue reading)
Written on 27 Feb, 2007 at 13:44 in
Euthanasia | Author:
By Alex Schadenberg The Interim It appears that the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association has decided to move from a position of opposing euthanasia and assisted suicide to a position of temporary neurality. This creates great concern for both opponents of euthanasia and advocates for people with disabilities in relation to the end-of-life care for the most vulnerable members of society.
In 2005, the British ... (Continue reading)
Written on 14 Jan, 2007 at 12:49 in
Euthanasia | Author:
Peter J. Smith Special to The Interim
After spending more than eight years behind bars for his last “mercy killing,” Jack Kevorkian will be freed from a Michigan prison in June, a prison spokesman announced. Kevorkian, the infamous ‘Dr. Death’ and poster boy for the euthanasia movement, killed over 130 people through assisted suicides in the 1990s, until he was sent ... (Continue reading)
Written on 19 Dec, 2006 at 9:21 in
Abortion, Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Fetal Rights | Author:
Alex Schadenberg
The Interim It seems that negative attitudes toward people with disabilities have recently grown from the theoretical ideas of Peter Singer of Princeton University, who believes that it is acceptable to kill disabled infants, into the actual practice of allowing infants with disabilities to be euthanized. In any other time in history, this was known as the crime of infanticide. It is now becoming viewed as “dying with dignity.”... (Continue reading)
Written on 20 Nov, 2006 at 7:58 in
Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Events | Author:
Alex Shadenberg
Alex Schadenberg, executive director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, attended the World Federation of Right to Die Societies biennial conference in Toronto and learned a lot about its strategies to bring about euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide.
This article is a shortened version of the full report that is available directly from the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition. ... (Continue reading)
Written on 19 Nov, 2006 at 14:10 in
Euthanasia | Author:
John-Henry Westen
Special to The Interim Andre Bergeron was sentenced to three years’ probation and no jail time for an attempted euthanasia on his wife, which he failed to complete. In July 2005, Bergeron attempted to asphyxiate his wife, who suffered from Friedreich’s Ataxia (a degenerative disorder), with a plastic bag. He called 911 prior to her death, but she died three days later in hospital.
According to the CBC, Quebec court Judge Danielle Côté said at the sentencing hearing it was clear Bergeron did what he ... (Continue reading)
Written on 19 Nov, 2006 at 12:44 in
Abortion, Euthanasia, World Briefs | Author:
Comatose patients could be used for experiments
MELBOURNE – An Australian medical official has suggested using incapacitated patients - people in a so-called permanent vegetative states - for medical experiments. Dr. Steven Curry, of the University of Melbourne, says that, “Those who are in a PVS ... have no continuing interest in their own ... (Continue reading)
Written on 20 Aug, 2006 at 9:44 in
Euthanasia | Author:
Alex Schadenberg
The Interim
On June 29, 2006, at an annual meeting, the British Medical Association (BMA) voted to clearly oppose euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. The margin of the vote was 65 per cent to 35 per cent, a resounding victory.
Last year’s annual meeting resulted in the BMA taking a neutral position on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. The 2005 ... (Continue reading)
Written on 17 Jun, 2006 at 10:32 in
Euthanasia | Author:
Tim Worstall
The ‘slippery slope’ argument proves valid One argument against euthanasia - one worth putting forward as it appears that Francine Lalonde’s private member’s bill is to be re-introduced in Parliament - is that it is wrong. Quite simply, that killing people for any reason other than immediate self-defenxe or in the course of a ... (Continue reading)
Written on 17 May, 2006 at 8:59 in
Assisted Suicide, Book Review, Euthanasia | Author:
Terri Schiavo - A Life That Matters by Mary and Robert Schindler
et al (Warner Books, $32.95 272 pages).
She's a human being," I cried out. "Nobody seems to notice." For well over a decade, these two sentences described the plight of Mary Schindler and her family. Medical experts had declared their daughter, ... (Continue reading)
Written on 17 May, 2006 at 8:42 in
Euthanasia | Author:
Guido De Volder
Four speakers delved into the issue of whether euthanasia is an individual decision or collective choice during an April 7 debate at the science faculty of the Université du Québec à Montréal, to celebrate the UN-sponsored International Day of Health.
Francine Lalonde, MP for the Bloc Québécois and author of euthanasia Bill C-407 - ... (Continue reading)
