By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition commends the New York Court of Appeals for the unanimous ruling the state’s highest court made Thursday in Myers v. Schneiderman. The court found that...
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The Freedom To Choose Goes Two Ways
By Mark Pickup Editor’s note. Mr. Pickup, who has multiple sclerosis, is a Canadian disability rights activist who has spoken at National Right to Life’s annual convention. This appeared on his blog. “'Take my name off the list, I can't do any more' some doctors...
Elderly man needs a pal, not a lethal pill
By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Every once in a while I read a letter to the editor that hits the nail on the head. This letter was published at Saukvalley.com on Friday March 10. The publication covers news in Northern...
New York Times Pushes Suicide by Starvation
By Wesley J. Smith If there is any aspect of the culture of death not supported and promoted by the New York Times, I haven’t seen it. Now, Paula Span, the Gray (Ashen?) Lady’s “The New Old Age” columnist pushes suicide by starvation, known in euthanasia parlance as...
Don’t buy into “aid in dying”
By Stephen Drake Editor’s note: Stephen Drake is the research analyst for the disability rights organization “Not Dead Yet.” This article was published by the Rochester NY Democrat and Chronicle on October 30 and republished on the Not Dead Yet website October 31....
“Aid in Dying” IS Assisted Suicide
By Wesley J. Smith Sophistry, redefinition of terms, blurring vital distinctions, postmodern deconstruction of words–such are the weapons wielded by assisted suicide ideologues as they work unceasingly to undermine Hippocratic medical values and promote suicide as a...
Stephen Hawking is a great scientist but his advice on decriminalising assisted suicide should be given short shrift
By Dr. Peter Saunders Editor’s note. Dr. Saunders is a former general surgeon and is CEO of Christian Medical Fellowship, a UK-based organization with 4,500 UK doctors and 1,000 medical students as members. Scientist Professor Stephen Hawking has spoken out in...
New York Times’ Biased “Aid in Dying” Bunkum
By Wesley J. Smith I have long ago given up on the media fairly — or even accurately — reporting on the assisted suicide movement. Most stories exhibit some or all of the following bias methods: Adopt the advocacy lexicon of the assisted suicide/euthanasia...
Wildcat Suicide School in Europe
By Wesley J. Smith Euthanasia activists are mounting a two-front pro-suicide offensive. First are the legalizers, those who seek to open the door to doctors (or others) legally assisting suicide/administering euthanasia for some–the terminally ill, seriously disabled,...
Legalizing Assisted Suicide is Wrong: a Good Letter from the Missoula Montana Missoulian
Editor’s note. This appears on the webpage of True Dignity Vermont: Vermont Citizens Against Assisted Suicide. I returned to my native Idaho in December 2009. Previously we lived in Spokane, where in 2008 I served as chairperson of the Coalition Against Assisted...