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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 ›

Black stethoscope on Canada flag background, Business and finance concept.

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 10, 2024

Categories
Euthanasia
Suicide by Physician
Tagged
, A Chosen Death, abortion, abortion provider, assisted suicide, BBC, Better off Dead?, Canada, disability rights, doctor-assisted death, Dr. Ellen Wiebe, ethics of medicine, euthanasia, Hemlock Society, Liz Carr, Lonnie Shavelson, MAiD, medical assistance in dying, National Post, national review, Sharon Kirkey, Trudo Lemmens, University of Toronto, Wesley J. Smith}

Canadian Death Doctor Has Euthanized Hundreds of Patients

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July 10, 2024

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Legalizing euthanasia corrupts everything — the ethics of medicine, the public's perception of people experiencing illness, disability, or elder frailty, the media that continually swoon over medics who kill. This latter phenomenon is on vivid display in a National Post story. Read More ›

Empty hospital bed on hospital ward in a clean room

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 27, 2024

Categories
Euthanasia
Health Care
Patient Care
Suicide by Physician
Tagged
, assisted suicide, bed sores, Canada, euthanasia, Meunier, Moelle épinière et motricité Québec, national review, Wesley J. Smith}

Disabled Canadian Euthanized Because of Poor Care/Bed Sore

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June 27, 2024

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A man with quadriplegia in Canada received such poor care that he developed a huge and painful bed sore. The answer: Lethal injection. Quebec's chief coroner promises an investigation. Don't expect much to come of it. Read More ›

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 ›

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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 15, 2024

Categories
Euthanasia
Tagged
, Belgium, elderly, euthanasia, Luc Van Gorp, medical killing, national review, Nieuwsblad, Times of London, Wesley J. Smith}

Belgian Health-Fund President: Euthanize Old People to Save Money

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April 15, 2024

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Earlier this month, I noted that a U.K. columnist was pushing euthanasia for the elderly as a way of saving national resources. That call has now been echoed by a Belgian health-insurance official for one of the five mutual-fund companies that provide the country’s mandatory health- and disability-insurance policies. Read More ›

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podcast

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 ›