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Capital Building State House Dover Delaware at Dawn

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 23, 2024

Categories
Euthanasia
Suicide by Physician
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, American Medical Association, assisted suicide, physician-assisted suicide, Wesley J. Smith}

Delaware Governor Vetoes Assisted Suicide Legalization

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September 23, 2024

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Suprise! Governor John Carney has vetoed legislation that barely passed in Delaware that would have legalized assisted suicide. From the Governor’s veto message: During my time as Governor, and since this legislation was first introduced, I have consistently opposed a state law that would allow physician-assisted suicide. I have always recognized, and do today, that this is a deeply personal issue. Supporters and opponents alike have thoughtful views on the subject, in many cases informed by their own painful, personal experiences. Over the past several years, I have listened to legislators, advocates, and constituents who have reached out to me and my team to share their views. I also followed the action of the Delaware General Assembly, where this legislation passed Read More ›

woman with lily flowers and coffin at funeral

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 6, 2024

Categories
Euthanasia
Suicide by Physician
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, assisted suicide, Dr. Philip Nitschke, Eric Mathison, euthanasia, Final Exit Network, Germany, MAiD, medical aid in dying, suicide, Thaddeus Mason Pope}

“Nonmedical” Assisted Suicide This Way Comes

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September 6, 2024

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Certain strains of the euthanasia-advocacy movement believe doctors don't need to be involved when someone wants to die. For example, the fanatics of Final Exit Network have taught people how to kill themselves, with a couple convicted of assisting via helium. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 30, 2024

Categories
Euthanasia
Suicide by Physician
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, assisted suicide, health care, medical aid in dying, New Jersey}

The Pressure Is on to Expand Assisted Suicide in New Jersey

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August 30, 2024

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When assisted suicide activists sell legalization, it is always described as an itsy-bitsy change in medical ethics with “strict guidelines” to protect against abuse. But it turns out the guidelines are not really “strict,” nor are they intended to remain permanently in effect. Read More ›

Doctor supporting elderly woman in clinic, closeup

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 23, 2024

Categories
Euthanasia
Suicide by Physician
Tagged
, Adrian Byram, assisted suicide, California, Canada, End of Life Choices California, euthanasia, medical aid in dying, medical ethics, terminal illness}

Boosters of Assisted Suicide Want It to Be Much More Common

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 23, 2024

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Doctors killed more than 15,000 people in Canada in 2023. I think that's a terrible toll that should concern even supporters of euthanasia. But in California, some assisted-suicide boosters are upset that a similar number of Californians didn't end their own lives by assisted suicide. In other words, they see Canada's gob-smacking statistics as aspirational. Read More ›

Amidst the breathtaking mountain landscape, a solitary figure stands atop a rock, gazing up at the twinkling stars in the vast night sky, mesmerized by the endless possibilities of the universe

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
August 23, 2024

Categories
Euthanasia
Human Rights
Suicide by Physician
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, assisted suicide, euthanasia, Joni Eareckson Tada, Richard Weikart, Unnatural Death}

Unalienable Rights, You Say? Why We Must Resist Yuval Harari’s “Scientific” Nihilism

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August 23, 2024

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Over the past few centuries, especially since the 18th-century Enlightenment, secularization has slowly eroded the Judeo-Christian sanctity-of-life ethic, as I document painstakingly in my book The Death of Humanity: And the Case for Life. As intellectuals and opinion leaders jettisoned the Christian religion, they also called into question many Christian values, including its prohibitions on suicide and euthanasia. Read More ›

Medical students walking through corridor

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 19, 2024

Categories
Euthanasia
Suicide by Physician
Tagged
, assisted suicide, Association of American Medical Colleges, Hippocratic Oath, MAiD, medical aid in dying}

Association of American Medical Colleges Journal Pushes for Residencies in Assisted Suicide

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August 19, 2024

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In California, the Stutter Family Residency Medical Program even offers residencies to train doctors in assisted suicide. Chillingly, most of the doctors who participated in a small study on assisted suicide and who prescribe poison as part of their job like it. Read More ›

Three gravestones standing in a foggy graveyard during the fall

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 13, 2024

Categories
Euthanasia
Suicide by Physician
Tagged
, Canada, euthansia, MAiD, medical assistance in dying}

Euthanasia Fifth-Leading Cause of Death in Canada

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August 13, 2024

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Euthanasia is homicide. Such (legal) killings by doctors and nurses now constitute the fifth-leading cause of death north of the 49th Parallel. It was even worse in 2023, with more than 15,000 people lethally injected according to preliminary data. Read More ›

Weight loss fail concept. Scale and depressed, frustrated and sad woman sitting on floor holding head and arms on knees.

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 2, 2024

Categories
Euthanasia
Suicide by Physician
Tagged
, anorexia, assisted dying, assisted suicide, assisted suicide legalization, autism spectrum disorder, cognitive distortion, Death with Dignity Report, eating disorders, euthanasia, Frontiers in Psychiatry, Joint Statement against Assisted Suicide for Eating Disorders, MAiD, mental disorders, mental illness, obsessive compulsive disorder, OCD, Oregon, personality disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, Wesley J. Smith}

At Least 60 People With Eating Disorders Euthanized or Assisted in Suicide Since 2012

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August 2, 2024

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A very disturbing — but, alas, unsurprising — report has been published from a review of medical studies that demonstrates that at least 60, but almost surely more, people with eating disorders (EDs) have been euthanized or assisted in suicide between 2012 and 2024. This includes at least three patients from the U.S. Read More ›

Stethoscope on Spain flag, 3d illustration

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 30, 2024

Categories
Euthanasia
Tagged
, Aid to Dying Benefit, Belgium, Canada, euthanasia, Manual of Good Practices on Euthanasia, mental illness, Netherlands, organ harvesting, Organic Law on the Regulation of Euthanasia, Spain, Wesley J. Smith}

Spanish Government Plans to Okay Euthanasia for Mental Illness

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July 30, 2024

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Once a society generally accepts killing as an acceptable answer to human suffering, the categories of "suffering" permitting termination continually expand. Latest example: Spain, where people with serious mental illnesses may soon be permitted to be put down. Read More ›

A professional physician in a white medical uniform talks to discuss results or symptoms and gives a recommendation to a male patient and signs a medical paper at an appointment visit in the clinic.

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 15, 2024

Categories
Euthanasia
Suicide by Physician
Tagged
, assisted suicide, California, Canada, doctor-prescribed death, Doctors, euthanasia, Hippocratic Oath, Journal of Cutaneous Oncology, MAiD, medical aid in dying, national review, suffering, terminal illness, utilitarian bioethics, Wesley J. Smith}

Survey: MDs Support Expanding Assisted Suicide Beyond the Terminally Ill

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July 15, 2024

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The myth that legal assisted suicide is about terminal illness is becoming harder to swallow. Evidence can be found in a recent survey of doctors, published in the Journal of Cutaneous Oncology, which asked doctors this question: "In addition to adults with terminal illnesses, [which] other groups of patients who should be MAID eligible?" Read More ›