by APFLI | Nov 4, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
I’ve known bioethicist Art Caplan for over 25 years. During that time span we have corresponded back and forth many, many times. He held positions that differ from National Right to Life’s from mildly different to radically, whole-heartedly different. Why do I mention...
by APFLI | Nov 2, 2015 | Birth Control Archive, Legal / Federal Action, Population Control
Who is REALLY in your bedroom? [Comment: At my follow-up exam after the birth of my fourth child, I was asked what kind of birth control I was on by my obstetrician’s partner. I was a bit offended by the bluntness and tone of the question. I answered that I was going...
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 | 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 | Jun 11, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
In 1997, Oregon became the first government in the world to legalize assisted suicide, allowing doctors to prescribe lethal prescriptions to terminally ill patients. Since then, 1,173 people have received a lethal prescription, and 752 of them have taken the...
