Euthanasia
Written on 30 Sep, 2005 at 13:42 in
Book Review, Euthanasia | Author:
Alex Schadenberg
A Concise History of Euthanasia: Life, Death, God and Medicine by Ian Dowbiggin (Rowan and Littlefield, $25, 176 pages)
Reviewed by Alex Schadenberg
The Interim
If you do not know the history, you are doomed to relive the errors of the past.... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Sep, 2005 at 13:08 in
Editorials, Euthanasia, Human rights, Pro-Life | Author:
When Quebec MP Francine Lalonde proposed Bill C-407, an amendment to the Criminal Code that would legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide, she did so with reference to the “right to die with dignity.” Abortion advocates regularly justify pre-natal infanticide with the so-called “right to choose.” And when marriage was redefined in Canadian law to include same-sex unions, it was done in the name of “minority rights’ supposedly enshrined in the Charter of ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Aug, 2005 at 10:38 in
Euthanasia, Human rights | Author:
Wesley J. Smith
Commentary by Wesley J. Smith
Special to The Interim
Ralph Nader once mused to me about what a terrible thing it was that Jack Kevorkian was (at the time) the world’s most famous doctor. He was right. That distinct honour should have belonged to Dame Cecily Saunders, the founder ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Aug, 2005 at 10:10 in
Euthanasia | Author:
Alex Schadenberg
Proposed legislation attacks vulnerable Canadians who need to be protectedAnalysis by Alex Schadenberg
The Interim
On June 15, MP Francine Lalonde (Bloc Québécois - La Pointe-de-l’Île) introduced Bill C-407, an act to amend the Criminal Code for the right to “die with dignity.”
This bill would amend Sections 222 and 241 of the Criminal Code. Section 222 of concerns homicide. The prohibition on euthanasia in Canada is found in Section 222. The prohibition ... (Continue reading)
Written on 3 Jun, 2005 at 13:46 in
Euthanasia, Society & Culture | Author:
Alex Schadenberg Special to The Interim
The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition has been involved in conducting a comprehensive poll concerning euthanasia and assisted suicide. The poll involved 1,122 participants who are involved in an online survey company.
Dr. Will Johnston, president of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition of B.C., expressed an interest in determining the effect on the Canadian public of the acquittal of Evelyn Martens.
“We were also concerned about the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 May, 2005 at 13:59 in
Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia | Author:
Alex Schadenberg
Alex Schadenberg
The Interim
The Terri Schindler-Schiavo tragedy has affected North American society forever. Most people who believe in the sanctity of human life would never have thought that a person, who was not otherwise dying, would be allowed by the courts to be dehydrated and starved to death. ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 May, 2005 at 13:57 in
Abortion Law, Euthanasia | Author:
Dina Kok
Dina Kok
The Interim
According to a recent study published in The Lancet, a British medical journal, over half of the critically ill babies and infants who died in the mostly Dutch region of Flanders in Belgium had their lives ended by euthanasia.
The study reported that Belgian doctors were directly responsible ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Mar, 2005 at 12:13 in
Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia | Author:
Pete Vere
Pete Vere
The Interim
On Jan. 24, there was a terrible setback for right-to-life and disability advocates. The United States Supreme Court rejected Florida Governor Jeb Bush’s appeal in a case that pitted him against Michael Schiavo. Assisted by his attorney and well-known euthanasia advocate George ... (Continue reading)
Written on 1 Mar, 2005 at 17:44 in
Euthanasia | Author:
Anti-euthanasia group gets behind clinical trials of neural toxin
Interim Staff
Euthanasia advocates often cite extreme cases of intractable pain in cancer as a justification for "compassionate" assisted suicide. Now, ... (Continue reading)
Written on 1 Mar, 2005 at 15:21 in
Book Review, Euthanasia | Author:
Alex Schadenberg
Consumer's Guide to a Brave New World
by Wesley Smith (Encounter Books, $38.95 in bookstores or $35.00 through the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, toll free at: 1-877-439-3348, 219 pgs )
Reviewed by
Alex Schadenberg
The Interim
Consumer's ... (Continue reading)
Written on 1 Mar, 2005 at 14:29 in
Book Review, Euthanasia | Author:
Alex Schadenberg
Consumer's Guide to a Brave New Worldby Wesley Smith (Encounter Books, $38.95 in bookstores or $35.00 through the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, toll free at: 1-877-439-3348, 219 pgs )
Reviewed by
Alex Schadenberg
The Interim
Consumer's Guide to a Brave New World (Brave New World) is Wesley J. Smith's latest book. Smith, a senior fellow with the Discovery Institute and the legal counsel to the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 27 Feb, 2005 at 8:06 in
Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia | Author:
Anti-euthanasia group gets behind clinical trials of neural toxin
Interim Staff
Euthanasia ... (Continue reading)
Written on 10 Dec, 2004 at 9:27 in
Euthanasia | Author:
Alex Schadenberg, executive director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, said he believes there was enough evidence to convict Evelyn Martens of aiding and abetting a suicide.
He said that the prosecution did not have to prove that she physically assisted the suicide, only that she provided the means. ... (Continue reading)
Written on 10 Dec, 2004 at 9:25 in
Euthanasia | Author:
Interim Staff
The federal government's top law enforcement official speculated about liberalizing this country's assisted suicide laws, following the acquittal of one of Canada's leading euthanasia activists. ... (Continue reading)
Written on 10 Nov, 2004 at 7:49 in
Euthanasia | Author:
Interim Staff
The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition's fifth euthanasia symposium, this one co-hosted with the EPC of British Columbia, and held in Vancouver on Sept. 25, was a great success. The 100 participants were pleased by the speakers, from whom they learned about euthanasia and eugenics, the law and disability issues, ... (Continue reading)
