Danger Ahead
Years before euthanasia was legalized in Canada in June 2016, palliative care nurse Jean Echlin wrote of her experience at the beside of terminally ill patients and issued a warning about the consequences of
Now They Want to Euthanize Newborns
By Wesley J. Smith First, Dutch euthanasia advocates said that patient killing will be limited to the competent, terminally ill who ask for it. Then, when doctors began euthanizing patients who clearly were not
Killing Babies, Compassionately
Killing babies compassionately By Wesley J. Smith The Netherlands follows in Germany's footsteps. AT LAST A HIGH GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL in Europe got up the nerve to chastise the Dutch government for preparing to legalize
A Deadly Illusion
Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: A Deadly Illusion What is meant by assisted suicide? Assisted suicide is a self-induced death. The means (drugs or other devices) which cause such a death are provided by a
Death Dealers
When Patricia Ommerli took her garbage out from her apartment blockhouse, she always made sure she timed it carefully. She didn’t want to meet a corpse in her elevator. Ms. Ommerli is not an
Assisted suicide and euthanasia: Changing western ethics
In the September 1970 edition of California Medicine, a publication of the Western Journal of Medicine, an article entitled “A New Ethic for Medicine and Society” explained that the traditional western ethic has always
The Case Against Physician-Assisted Suicide
Psychiatric Times February 2004 Vol. XXI Issue 2 Euthanasia is a word coined from Greek in the 17th century to refer to an easy, painless, happy death. In modern times, however, it has come
Lethal Compassion
Eighth Annual Report on Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act By Gudrun Schultz Thirty-eight people died in Oregon in 2005 after taking lethal medication given to them by their doctors. Only two were given psychiatric
Life is worth living
In a letter to the Ottawa Citizen published on July 24th, Jeanette Hall, a resident of Oregon, relates that she was diagnosed with cancer in 2000 and had previously voted in favour of assisted
To kill or to care
Euthanasia is an action or omission done with the intention of causing another person's death. Euthanasia by action can be injecting lethal drugs in a patient with the intention of deliberately ending that person's