by APFLI | Nov 1, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Even euthanasia supporters are calling developments in Belgium “worrisome” as a result of two, newly revealed cases that have been given formal approval for medically-induced death. Others see these cases as the tragic result of an ethical “slippery slope” that...
by APFLI | Nov 1, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive, Imposed Death - Definitions / Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide / VSED
Update: Oregon & Washington Suicide Study A suicide study, published in the Southern Medical Journal, found an increase (6.3%) in total suicides, with a larger increase (14.5%) among individuals 65 or older, in Oregon and Washington after doctor-assisted suicide...
by APFLI | Oct 5, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
[Comment: Note the quote about why Governor Brown signed this bill after it was defeated 4 times in committee with weeks of deliberation: “”In the end, I was left to reflect on what I would want in the face of my own death,” the governor wrote. “I do...
by APFLI | Oct 2, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Perhaps you have heard about the execution within the past week of Kelly Renee Gissendaner, who had been the only woman on death row in Georgia. Did you know that the drug she received – pentobarbital – is one of the drugs commonly used in doctor-assisted suicides?...
by APFLI | Sep 30, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
“If you can keep your head when all about you, Are losing theirs and blaming it on you . . .” (“If” by Rudyard Kipling) Yesterday’s decision in the case of John Jay Hooker, et al v. Tennessee, handed down by Chancellor Carol L. McCoy, is...
by APFLI | Sep 29, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive, Imposed Death - Definitions / Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide / VSED
[Comment: Note especially the link to the euthanasia kits proposed for doctors in Canada. It describes the medications with the final one paralyzing the person’s respiratory muscles so that he/she can’t breathe. This is beyond chilling. N. Valko RN, 30 Sept 2015] On...
by APFLI | Sep 28, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
A Dutch general practitioner is being sued for not approving the euthanasia of a 19-year-old woman. The tragic events surrounding the death of Milou de Moor could become an important legal precedent if action is eventually taken against the unnamed doctor. Ms de Moor...
by APFLI | Sep 25, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
On Friday, September 11, MPs decisively rejected the Assisted Dying Bill by 330 votes to 118. The bill would have allowed people with six months to live the option of being prescribed a lethal dose of drugs, providing two doctors and a High Court judge approved. But...
by APFLI | Sep 16, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
On September 16, the American College of Physicians sent the following letter to California Governor Jerry Brown asking him to veto the End of Life Option Act (ABX2-15), which would legalize physician-assisted suicide. Dear Governor Brown, The American College of...
by APFLI | Sep 14, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive, Treatment Concerns - Definitions / Living Wills / Palliative Care / Terminal or Excessive Sedation / Organ Donation / DCD or NHBD / Hospice / POLST / DNR
[Comment: Unfortunately, some groups and individuals against physician-assisted suicide still cite hospice as the simple solution to physician-assisted suicide while some of us who have experience in hospice have warned for years about the progression of corrupting...
by APFLI | Sep 4, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive, Responses - Declarations / DPA / Advance Directives / Talking Points, Treatment Concerns - Definitions / Living Wills / Palliative Care / Terminal or Excessive Sedation / Organ Donation / DCD or NHBD / Hospice / POLST / DNR
Comments on the Proposed Rule to Amend Various Aspects of Medicare re: Reimbursing Medicare Providers for Advance Care Planning Counseling Sessions Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Room 445-G Hubert H. Humphrey...
by APFLI | Sep 1, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
California and Colorado Proposals Push Assisted Suicide Without Any Limits or Accountability California and Colorado Proposals Push Assisted Suicide Without Any Limits or Accountability Elder Abuse Rates Rising in Oregon After State Legalized Assisted Suicide...
by APFLI | Aug 25, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Canadian doctors remain deeply divided over whether and how to provide medical aid in dying, and what is required of those who refuse to assist in ending a patient’s life. Earlier this year, the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously ruled that patients who face...
by APFLI | Aug 24, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
[Comment: While getting a ruling against assisting suicide is good, the fine seems rather puny to me and without some jail time, I don’t think this will even slow down Final Exit or other pro-assisted suicide groups. N. Valko RN, 24 August 2015] The following...
by APFLI | Aug 17, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive, Studies - Depression / Suicide / Mental Health
September is suicide prevention month, and grim though it may be, the disability, aging, and veterans communities are among the most likely populations to feel pressure to end their lives and, sadly, do so. In an effort to re-claim conversations about quality of life...
by APFLI | Aug 17, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
[Comment: The last time there was a good op-ed on assisted suicide, I was surprised to see that the subsequent letters to the editor were almost all from the pro-assisted suicide side. If you would like to write a letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal,...
by APFLI | Aug 14, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
[Comment: Note this quote: “Goldsmith Friday said he felt that by granting the petition he would be creating a judge-made law without input from constituents.” Emphasis added. However, pro-assisted suicide supporters insist that they will never give up the fight for...
by APFLI | Jul 24, 2015 | Diagnosis - Brain Function / Coma / Persistant Vegetative State / Locked In Syndrome / Awakenings
[Comment: I have been privileged to know this great writer and doctor, Wes Ely. He has also published two wonderful articles in the Wall Street Journal that I have sent in the past. As a nurse, I wish that every doctor could be a doctor like Dr. Ely with great...
by APFLI | Jul 13, 2015 | Imposed Death - Definitions / Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide / VSED
Around one in five patients who choose euthanasia in the Netherlands acts under pressure from family members, according to a leading expert on the ethics of assisted dying, as reported last week in Dutch News:...
by APFLI | Jul 7, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
California assisted suicide bill SB 128 has died a peaceful death in the California House after Democrat legislators opposed it based on opposition from the disability community and the Latino community. The assisted suicide lobby has organized more than 25 attempts...
