By Paul Russell, Founder, HOPE Australia Ever wondered how the ‘celebrity’ euthanasia cases become, well, celebrity cases? Some, I imagine are simply place and time occurrences; where a well-meaning person with a terminal illness decides for themselves to use their...
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An analysis of the Nicklinson euthanasia decision by the British Court of Appeal
By Alex Schadenberg, International Chair - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Editor’s note. This is excerpted from a post at alexschadenberg.blogspot.com. Near the end Mr. Schadenberg contrasts the protective British Court of Appeal decision with a June 15, 2012,...
Paul Lamb’s tragic personal circumstances must not blind us to the deadly consequences of his attempt to undermine the murder law
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 A 57 year-old man, who was almost entirely paralysed in a road...
Most people with locked-in syndrome do not wish to die
By Dr. Peter Saunders Editor’s note. Dr. Saunders is a former general surgeon and CEO of Christian Medical Fellowship, a UK-based organization with 4,500 UK doctors and 1,000 medical students as members. Tony Nicklinson is 58 and paralysed from the neck down after...
Locked-in syndrome case goes even beyond assisted suicide and seeks to establish dangerous precedent
By Dr. Peter Saunders Editor’s note. Dr. Saunders is a former general surgeon and CEO of Christian Medical Fellowship, a UK-based organization with 4,500 UK doctors and 1,000 medical students as members. ~~~~~~~~~~~ A case of ‘locked-in syndrome’ that is appearing...
Tony Nicklinson – there are limits to choice in a free society
By Dr. Peter Saunders As reported in the Guardian, Telegraph and Huffington Post, Tony Nicklinson, a 57 year old man paralysed from the neck down after suffering a stroke that left him with locked-in syndrome, today began a high court battle to allow doctors to end...
Tony Nicklinson deserves sympathy but hard cases make bad law
By Dr. Peter Saunders Editor’s note. The following is excerpted from a post on Dr. Saunders’ blog at http://pjsaunders.blogspot.com/2011/11/tony-nicklinson-deserves-sympathy-but.html A severely disabled man from Wiltshire is to ask the High Court to allow a doctor to...
Read Alison Davis’s powerful response to euthanasia campaigner Tony Nicklinson
Editor’s note. The following appears on the blog of John Smeaton, executive director of the Society for the Protection of unborn Children (SPUC). Tony Nicklinson, a paralyzed Englishman campaigning for a so-called 'right to die', was interviewed recently by Stephen...