By Hugh Scher, legal council - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Editor’s note. This article was first published in Advocate Daily. The case of a Winnipeg man accused of leaving his fallen, elderly mother on the floor of her home where she then died is a...
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Abuse and “Assisted Death” go hand in hand
By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Editor’s note. The following is excerpted from a post at alexschadenberg.blogspot.com Mr. Schadenberg begins by referencing a recent video on Vision TV that strongly promoting the...
British Columbia court to hear spoon feeding case
Editor’s note. This first appeared at alexschadenberg.blogspot.com. An article in the Vancouver Sun reported on the family of Margaret Bentley (82) that has launched a lawsuit against Fraser Health and the BC government concerning the fact that Bentley is being spoon...
Another Belgium Double Euthanasia
By Wesley j. Smith This is the third example of which I am aware of “double” euthanasia deaths in Belgium. The first were of an elderly couple. The second of disabled twins, who were going blind. And now the third, another elderly couple. From the Huffington Post...
Elderly Being Abandoned to Abuse?
By Wesley J. Smith Interestingly, I did an interview with a Polish magazine today that dealt precisely with the problem of abandoning the elderly to the abuse of euthanasia and medical neglect of “quality of life” refusals of treatment. The former leader of the...
Farewell Foundation case rejected; BCCLA case is a recipe for elder abuse
Editor’s note. This appeared on the blog of Alex Schadenberg, executive editor of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition. The Vancouver Sun reported that the case by the Farewell Foundation, a group in BC that is trying to legalize assisted suicide, was thrown-out by...