By Alex Schadenberg, executive director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Editor’s note. For a more extensive background on the case of Margaret Bentley, go here. In “Bentley v Maplewood Seniors Care Society,” the British Columbia (BC) Supreme Court today...
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Belgian euthanasia promoter admits that there are problems with euthanasia in Belgium and author of Belgium law admits it was designed for people with disabilities
By Alex Schadenberg Editor’s note. The following is excerpted from a post on Mr. Schadenberg’s blog. The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) Europe was launched on Wednesday November 13 with a press conference in Brussels, Belgium at 2:30 pm at the European...
New Zealand euthanasia bill is wide-open and open to being wider, says the author of the bill
By Alex Schadenberg, executive director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Stuff media in New Zealand reported Monday on a talk given in New Plymouth by Maryan Street, the New Zealand MP who has sponsored a bill to legalize euthanasia in New Zealand. The article...
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...
Euthanasia Prevention Coalition challenges Global News on its one-sided reporting
By Alex Schadenberg, executive director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) Today, Global News has published another one-sided article concerning assisted suicide. The article is connected to a one-sided poll that asks: Should doctor-assisted suicide be legal? The...
Council of Canadians with Disabilities: Help To Live Not Die
By Alex Schadenberg, executive director Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Editor’s note. The following is excerpted from a blog post at http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2012/12/council-of-canadians-with-disabilities.html The Council of Canadians with Disabilities...
EPC granted intervener standing at the BC Court of Appeal in the Carter case
By Alex Schadenberg, executive director Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) and EPC-British Columbia were granted intervener standing today in the appeal of the decision by Justice Smith in the Carter case at the British Columbia...
Supreme Court of Canada hears case of the family of Hassan Rasouli versus Sunnybrook hospital
By Alex Schadenberg, executive director Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The following article was written by Sun Newspaper Columnist, Michele Mandel and published in the Toronto Sun on December 7, 2012 under the title: Sunnybrook doctors' ability to cut off life...
Swiss parliament refuses to regulate assisted suicide groups
By Alex Schadenberg, executive director Euthanasia Prevention Coalition A vote in the Swiss parliament yesterday rejected a proposal to regulate the assisted suicide organizations and their suicide clinics. The two main assisted suicide organizations are Exit and...
Canadian Judge upholds decision giving woman “right” to die by euthanasia or assisted suicide
By Dave Andrusko The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) said today that it is troubled by the decision of the British Columbia court not to stay the constitutional exemption granted to Gloria Taylor to die by euthanasia or assisted suicide. Alex Schadenberg,...