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An elderly man in bed in close-up. Elderly care, hospice care. Long-term care for the elderly, rehabilitation

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 18, 2024

Categories
Euthanasia
Suicide by Physician
Tagged
, assisted suicide, Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act of 1997, Bill Clinton, euthanasia, Medicaid, medical aid in dying, Medicare, national review, Wesley J. Smith}

Bill Would Require Federal Funds to Pay for Assisted Suicide

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June 18, 2024

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The use of federal funds to cover any costs associated with assisted suicide is currently against the law based on a bill signed in 1997 by President Bill Clinton after Oregon's lethal law went into effect. Now, a new bill has been introduced to force Medicare, the VA, and the federal share of Medicaid to cover expenses associated with assisted suicide. Read More ›

Statue of the blindfolded goddess of justice Themis or Justitia, against an European flag, as a legal concept

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 15, 2024

Categories
Euthanasia
Health Care
Human Rights
Suicide by Physician
Tagged
, assisted suicide, Dobbs v Jackson, European Court of Human Rights, euthanasia, Glucksberg v. Washington, Human Rights, Hungary, Karsai v Hungary, national review, Oviedo Convention, physician-assisted death, roe v wade, self-killing, suicide by physician, terminally ill, Vacco v Quill, Wesley J. Smith}

European Court: Assisted Suicide Not a Human Right

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June 15, 2024

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Back in 1997, the euthanasia movement tried to gain an assisted-suicide Roe v. Wade. It didn’t work out. The Supreme Court instead ruled in Glucksberg v. Washington 9–0 that there is no constitutional right to assisted suicide. Now, some 27 years later, the European Court of Human Rights has issued a similar ruling. Read More ›

Rear view of sad and depressed female patient sitting on wheelchair with saline bottle in hospital room looking towards curtains on window

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 6, 2024

Categories
Euthanasia
Suicide by Physician
Tagged
, assisted suicide, Canada, Compassion and Choices, euthanasia, Hemlock Society, national review, suicide by starvation, voluntary stoppage of eating and drinking, Wesley J. Smith}

Euthanize Me, or I’ll Starve Myself to Death

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June 6, 2024

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In Canada, an autistic 27-year-old suicidal woman known as M.V. — whose judicially approved euthanasia was delayed until at least October by her father's claim that she does not qualify — is now starving herself to emotionally blackmail the court into allowing her to be killed expeditiously. Read More ›

Laboratory with Team of Microbiology Scientists Have Meeting

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 29, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, abortion, anti-racism, assisted suicide, bioethicists, bioethics, biomedicine, carbon taxes, censorship, DEI, disinformation, embryonic stem cells, Equity, Experts, Gaza, Gender-Affirming Care, Hastings Center Report, health care, human cloning, human flourishing, human health, Impact Ethics, medical conscience, misinformation, national review, policy opinions, progressive politics, public policy, right to health, second amendment, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, vaccine mandates, Vardit Ravitsky, Wesley J. Smith, WHO, woke technocracy}

Bioethicists Want to Rule the World!

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April 29, 2024

Bioethics

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Bioethics has always been about granting "experts" in the field tremendous influence over public policy. And now, one of the most prominent practitioners in the field — the president and CEO of the Hastings Center Report, a prestigious bioethics journal — has urged that bioethicists expand their "expert" advocacy to issues of "global" importance. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 23, 2024

Categories
Euthanasia
Tagged
, Amy Jacobson, assisted suicide, Chicago's Morning Answer, Dan Proft, euthanasia, Wesley J. Smith}

Wesley J. Smith Makes the Case Against Assisted Suicide on Chicago’s Morning Answer

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April 23, 2024

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Wesley J. Smith appeared on Chicago's Morning Answer with Dan Proft and Amy Jacobson on Tuesday morning to make the case against assisted suicide. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 8, 2024

Tagged
, assisted suicide, Disability, euthanasia, Governor General's Medal, Human Life Matters, Mark Davis Pickup, Mark Pickup, Monsignor Bill Irwin Award for Ethical Excellence, multiple sclerosis, suffering, U.S. National Right to Life Prayer Breakfast, Wesley J. Smith}

Mark Davis Pickup on Living with Intense Suffering and Experiencing a Miraculous Healing

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April 8, 2024

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We live in a time in which eliminating suffering is considered by many to be society’s ultimate purpose. Too often, this leads to policies that eliminate suffering by eliminating the sufferer. Still, for those not experiencing intense pain or anguish, arguing for improved care instead of increased access to assisted suicide or euthanasia can seem like a blithe platitude. “If Read More ›

Lonely sad elderly Senior person in wheelchair in nursing home looking out window. Generation AI

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 3, 2024

Categories
Euthanasia
Human Dignity
Suicide by Physician
Tagged
, assisted dying, assisted suicide, burden, Dementia, Disability, duty to die, elderly, euthanasia, health care, illness, infirmity, Matthew Parris, old age, suffering, terminally ill, Times of London, We Can't Afford a Taboo on Assisted Dying, Wesley J. Smith}

Normalizing Assisted Suicide Will Lead to a Duty to Die

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April 3, 2024

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Euthanasia isn't really about compassion but fear of decline and a loathing of dependency — and of those experiencing them. That nasty truth has become abundantly clear with a new column published in the Times of London. Read More ›

An empty hospital bed with dying flowers.

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 21, 2024

Categories
Euthanasia
Human Dignity
Suicide by Physician
Tagged
, assisted suicide, Belgium, Canada, cancer, Compassion and Choices, death activists, Disability, Doctors, elderly, end of life, euthanasia, healthcare, Hemlock Society, human dignity, intellectual disabilities, lethal injection, MAiD, medical aid in dying, medicalized killing, mental health support, mental illness, Netherlands, organ donation, organ harvesting, patients, PTSD, quality of life, suffering, suicide, suicide prevention, terminal illness, terminally ill, Trillium, Trillium Gift of Life Network, Wesley J. Smith}

Euthanasia Poisons People and Societies

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March 21, 2024

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Most of the media report on euthanasia in the glowing, uncritical language of empowered patients "dying peacefully on their own terms." In contrast, euthanasia abuses and horror stories—an ever-growing list—generally receive little focused media attention and remain outside the notice of people not engaged with the issue. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 18, 2024

Categories
Euthanasia
Tagged
, Alzheimer's, assisted suicide, Charles Camosy, euthanasia, Hal Malchow, Politico, Switzerland, World Health Organization}

Politico Promotes a Suicide

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March 18, 2024

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Politico has published a long story about a big-time political consultant named Hal Malchow who is flying to Switzerland to become dead in one of the country's notorious suicide clinics. Read More ›

Oncologist doctor holding patient's hand in hospital. Showing all love, empathy, helping and encouragement. He has end stage cancer disease. Healthcare in end of life and palliative care concept

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 5, 2024

Categories
Euthanasia
Tagged
, assisted suicide, euthanasia, medical assistance in dying}

The Nationalization of Assisted Suicide Will Have Far-Reaching Consequences

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February 5, 2024

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Progressive cultural radicals are busily nationalizing their policy agendas by breaking the usual legal comity among the states. For example, California recently declared itself a transgender sanctuary jurisdiction. Its law now actively interferes with out-of-state child custody orders by allowing non-resident gender dysphoric children who make it to California to access puberty-blocking and transition surgeries despite their custodial parent’s refusal of consent. Read More ›