by APFLI | Dec 10, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive, Responses - Declarations / DPA / Advance Directives / Talking Points
[Comment: Once again, evil cannot limit itself. N. Valko RN, 10 Dec 2015] Dr Marc Van Hoey with Simona de Moor shortly before she was euthanised. (SBS Dateline) Comment: On December 8, a group of psychiatrists, psychologists, philosophers and others published a letter...
by APFLI | Nov 1, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
In 2015, in Oregon, a bill has been introduced to expand the definition of ‘terminal disease’ in the state’s doctor-prescribed suicide law. Under the proposal, a patient who is predicted to die within one year — rather than the current six...
by APFLI | Jun 2, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Pro-life campaigners in Ireland are preparing for the battle to introduce assisted suicide into Irish law in the coming weeks. Right-to-die campaigners have drafted a Bill which they intend to present to the Irish parliament in a bid to allow someone to assist in the...
by APFLI | May 28, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
This is an excellent column by Colleen Carroll Campbell, a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC). Apparently, a teenage “suicide craze” has hit the Netherlands and the government wonders why. But Campbell knows. The Dutch do “not seem...
by APFLI | May 24, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
[Comment: I hope Dr. Kheriaty is right but the California Medical Association dropping its opposition to PAS is ominous. N. Valko RN, 23 May 2015] A George Soros-backed effort in California has stalled, the latest sign of weak backing for the deadly practice. In the...
