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Some depressed patients opt for assisted suicide
2008-10-09 16:47:00 The results of a survey in Oregon suggest that the Death with Dignity Act enacted in the state in 1997 does not always prevent patients with depression, a treatable condition, from receiving a prescription for a lethal drug. The findings indicate that ?most people in Oregon who request physician aid in dying do not have clinical depression,? but yet there are ?small number of patients with clinical depression who are able to access lethal medications,? lead investigator Dr. Linda Ganzini, from Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, told Reuters Health. ?The Oregon law,? she explained, ?requires that if the prescribing physician is concerned that the patient might have depression influencing their judgment, that they be evaluated by a psychiatrist or psychologist. The proportion of requesting patients who are evaluated by a mental health professional has been dropping over the last decade and last year no mental health assessments occurred among the 46 people who died by physi...
American preacher: How I helped Irish woman commit suicide
2008-05-16 11:18:00 An American preacher who admitted assisting a Dublin woman commit suicide has described how he helped take her own life by giving her drugs and putting a bag over her head.
Assisted suicide 'Dr. Death' to run for US Congress
2008-03-13 00:29:00 Assisted-suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian, whose controversial tactics earned him the nickname Doctor Death, plans to run for the US Congress. "We need some honesty and sincerity instead of corrupt government in Washington," Kevorkian said when announcing his bid to his hometown newspaper in Michigan, the Oakland Press, in an article published Wednesday. Kevorkian, who spent more than eight years in jail for the murder of a man whose videotaped assisted suicide was aired on national television, claims he actively helped 130 people die. I wish I were making that up, but it's true. I just can't wait for someone to mention that they can't come into work in Congress and have good old Jack show up on their front door step with some kind of contraption. :) Travis travis@rightwinglunatic.com
Assisted-Suicide Advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian Running for US Congress
2008-03-12 18:35:00 I was very upset when I heard that this compassionate individual was sentenced to eight years for second-degree murder in the assisted death of Mr. Thomas Youk, who was a man suffering with Lou Gehrig's disease, and I wholeheartedly agree with his statement, "We need some honesty and sincerity instead of corrupt government in Washington," which is why I hope Dr. Kevorkian AND Dennis Kucinich win their coveted US Congressional seats.READ ABOUT THIS HERE Practice non-violence in your lives. You will be leaving your children a beautiful legacy.
?Waging War Against the Weak?
2008-01-18 03:22:00 From a piece by Wesley J. Smith, Special Consultant for the Center for Bioethics and Culture Network: Around the world, profoundly disabled or terminally ill people are increasingly being seen as resource vampires that monopolize an undue share of medical attention that should be devoted to those with lives more worth living. Not only is the ...
By: Choose Life!
California Clergy Helping with Assisted Suicide
2007-10-12 15:28:00 From CitizenLink: Pastors are among the volunteers who will administer the End-of-Life Consultation program — an assisted-suicide effort in California. Those involved insist they aren’t breaking the law. Read the rest here . . .
By: Choose Life!
Suicide Group Secretly Aids Death of Woman
2007-08-26 07:45:00 From LifeSite News: Two professional death “assistants”-; are under murder investigation for helping a mentally ill woman commit suicide without the knowledge of her close and loving family members, the Phoenix New Times reports. Read more . . .
By: Choose Life!
CA Assemblywoman Berg Tries Again for Assisted Suicide Bill
2007-06-08 05:55:00 California Assemblymember Patty Berg (D-CA1) is again trying to pass an assisted suicide bill. AB 374, the “California Compassionate Choices Act,” would legalize the prescription of a lethal dose of medication to a patient diagnosed as terminal. Provisions of the bill on the patient’s end include: the patient must be legally competent. the patient must be a legal ...
Assisted Suicide Back in the News
2007-06-05 18:15:00 It is obvious, and sad, that an individual American citizen’s life, health and welfare is no longer that citizen’s responsibility. Our government clearly has a responsibility to protect its citizens from harm that may be brought about by outside forces, e.g., terrorists, unsafe public transportation, unsafe buildings or structures, etc. but that responsibility, like many ...
Coming Soon to Your State: Physician-Assisted Suicide
2007-06-04 18:22:00 From LifeNews.com: Just one week after assisted suicide crusader Jack Kevorkian was released from prison, legislators in California will vote on whether or not to make the state the second to legalize the grisly practice of assisted suicide. A legislative panel approve the bill on Thursday and sent it to the full assembly. The measure would ...
By: Choose Life!
Kevorkian. 130 assisted suicides, ready to profit.
2007-06-01 22:20:00 In this North Country Gazette story, we learn “The media has been in a frenzy for weeks over Kevorkian?s release. Morganroth says that he?s been contacted by Diane Sawyer, Larry King, Barbara Walters and others, with offers of up to $50,000 for interviews and lectures which allows Kevorkian to profit from his crime.Kevorkian was convicted in ...
By: fracas
Assisted Suicide in Oregon Bumps More Off
2007-03-10 01:44:01 Assisted suicide for the terminally is one of those issues in America that is contrary to our Christian mainstream beliefs. Hell it is probably against Jewish, Hindu, Extremist of Islam, sorry, I forgot about all them suicide bombers in Iraq, Peaceful followers of Islam. Pick a religion and it is against that faith to take one’s own life for any reason. Out in Oregon where the law allowing assisted suicide for gravely ill coherent people is alive and well with a grand total of 46 victims last year using their right to the law, having moved on to ending the long journey that we call life. More people used Oregon assisted-suicide law last year By Associated Press Thursday, March 8, 2007 PORTLAND, Ore. –A slightly larger number of Oregonians used the state?s assisted-suicide law to end their lives in 2006 than in the year before, according to a report released Thursday. The state Department of Human Services said the law was used by 46 people, most of them ca...
Physician-Assisted Suicide for the Mentally Ill in Switzerland
2007-02-05 03:15:01 In my blog, Getting Elected Blogline, I posted many times on the non-voluntary euthanasia of Terri Schindler Schiavo by the withholding of food and water. In one post, Is The Camel’s Nose in The Tent?, I commented on the slippery slope of first physician-assisted suicide, next voluntary euthanasia and then non-voluntary euthanasia, as in Terri’s ...
Lois Snyder And Arthur Caplan - Assisted Suicide: Finding Co
2006-12-14 09:22:01 From The Oprah & Friends Radio Show with Dr. Mehmet Oz, 13 December 2006 Assisted Suicide: Finding Common Ground by Lois Snyder and Arthur Caplan There is no constitutional right to physician-assisted suicide says the US Supreme Court. Some states allow it, as Oregon has done, and others are considering legalization. Yet there has been very little guidance offered to date about its practice. This book fills that void. Its chapters, by a diverse group of experts–some for, some against–provide a framework for thinking about what assisted suicide, particularly physician-assisted suicide, is and how its legalized practice might be guided. Although the book does not take a position on the morality or wisdom of legalizing assisted suicide, it does try to find common ground on real world concerns in this important continuing debate. Full Details Tags: Arthur, Caplan, Lois, Snyder, Assisted, Suicide:, Finding, Common, Ground, suicide, The, Ethics, of, Organ, Transplants...
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