by APFLI | May 14, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
On 23 May 14, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Not Dead Yet, and 12 other disability rights organizations filed an amicus brief in a case challenging the University of Wisconsin Hospital Center’s alleged practice of counseling families of people with developmental...
by APFLI | Oct 12, 2009 | Right to Life - Archive
The global outreach program of Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life has been active in the 20th anniversary United Nations (UN) celebration of the Rights of the Child taking place in Geneva, Switzerland last week. With the hope of directing attention to the rights of...
by APFLI | Aug 10, 2009 | Eugenics / Race-Linked Abortion / Reproductive Racism
The British National Health Service is working on a new blood test that could replace amniocentesis and save countless unborn children who are normally threatened by them. The amniocentesis test puts the lives of unborn children at risk and can lead to abortions that...
by APFLI | Jul 29, 2005 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
A man who is terminally ill and fears that doctors may allow him to die of thirst said he was “disappointed” after the Court of Appeal overturned an earlier judgment in his favour. Last July, the British High Court granted a landmark court challenge by...
by APFLI | Mar 30, 2005 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive, Treatment Concerns - Definitions / Living Wills / Palliative Care / Terminal or Excessive Sedation / Organ Donation / DCD or NHBD / Hospice / POLST / DNR
Girl Fed Through Feeding Tube for 7 Years Now Eating Orally Comment: This story points out the inherent discrimination involved in the feeding tube issue. Obviously, the feeding tube was not considered extraordinary, risky “life support” for this little...
