Danger Ahead!
In January 2013, Mme Véronique Hivon, minister with the government of Québec announced the government's plan to allow "medical aid in dying" before the summer. The word euthanasia was not used at the press
Life is beautiful
When Quentin and Jodi Peterson's baby was born they were pressured by a doctor to starve their newborn son... because he had a cleft lip and palate. Aidan was born with a bilateral cleft
Quebec physicians speak out against euthanasia
The Physicians' Alliance for Total refusal of Euthanasia (Collectif de Médecins du refus médical de l'euthanasie), an alliance of Québec physicians who oppose the legalization of euthanasia and assisted suicide issued this press release
Mysteries of the Mind
Twelve years ago, Canadian Scott Routley sustained a severe brain injury in a car crash. He was diagnosed as being in a permanent ‘vegetative’ state. It was thought that he was unable to communicate
Beware physician assisted suicide and euthanasia!
Studies on euthanasia and assisted suicide provide ample evidence that safeguards will not prevent the killing by euthanasia of vulnerable patients who did not request it or did not consent to it. The legalization
Kill or care: The mercy killing debate
Patient Paul Mills died on November 10, 1996 at the Queen Elizabeth the Second Health Centre in Halifax. He was terminally ill and being treated for esophageal cancer. Dr. Nancy Morrison was arrested and
A “Good Death” – Is It Possible?
Can pain be controlled? Specialists assure us that most pain can be controlled through the appropriate use of opiates and narcotics. If you know someone who has recently died in uncontrolled pain, the reason
Doctors Are For Healing . . . Not For KILLING!
Introduction. In ancient times, doctors were both healers and killers. Hippocrates and the Oath which bears his name changed all that : medicine became dedicated to healing alone. The significance of this change
What is Meant by the Right to Die?
(It's not as if death is optional.) The RIGHT TO DIE really means: choosing death to solve a problem, doctors and nurses killing patients, assistance in suicide. Expedience, even compassion has never been a
Issues Raised by the Latimer Case
I believe that this is a personal tragedy for the Latimer family as any domestic crime involving the loss of life would be a tragedy. Tracy Latimer is a tragic victim of misguided beliefs.