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By Wesley J. Smith How often have we heard our elderly brothers and sisters say they don’t want to be “a burden.” Who made them think such a thing? We did! A great column in the Daily Mail by Stephen Glover indicts the UK culture for its blatant ageism–a...
Editor’s note. MCCL GO is a pro-life NGO global outreach program of the Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life Education Fund. Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life is NRLC’s state affiliate. NEW YORK, N.Y. — The fifth working session of the Open-ended Working...
By Wesley J. Smith Well, this is eyebrow raising. A charity that advocates on behalf of the elderly in the UK is alleging that the NHS [National Health Service] appears to be offering less quality cancer treatment to oldsters than to younger patients. From the...
By Wesley J. Smith The UK may soon tighten its health care rationing to prevent new medicines from getting to the elderly. From the Telegraph story: “New drugs would only be licensed for the NHS [National Health Service] if they help those judged to be a...
By Wesley J. Smith The Sunday Times [of London] has a good editorial out opposing the legalization of assisted suicide in the UK, which is now in the midst of a big policy push seen there every few years. It is worth reading the whole thing, but I want to focus on...
By Wesley J. Smith I find it odd that learned medical commentators would think that octogenarians and nonagenarians would not be aware that their time is growing short. Of course they do! Should doctors discuss what elderly patients want in terms of end of life...
Editor’s note. This is a letter to the editor that appeared in a Vermont newspaper, the Times Argus. Physician-assisted suicide is promoted as a way to prevent human suffering but more often is used by people who are afraid of being a burden to others, loss of dignity...