Assisted suicide advocates are attempting to bootstrap onto legislation that would outlaw Internet suicide predation, a clause explicitly permitting suicide tourism. Here’s the proposed amendment—look for “Exceptions to Offence of Assisted Suicide”: Notwithstanding sections . . . . Continue Reading »
Diane Coleman and Steve Drake from Not Dead Yet are speaking. Coleman discussed the problems people with disabilities face in the health care context.Drake then took the microphone and told a touching story about his birth:The doctor told my parents that the good news was 100-1 that I would not . . . . Continue Reading »
Bobby Schindler, Terri Schiavo’s brother, has become a righteous advocate for the vulnerable and defenseless since his sister’s untimely demise. He opened today’s session of the euthanasia symposium with a stirring critique of media bias and the prevalent anti-disability attitudes . . . . Continue Reading »
For a good example of the mainstream liberal Jihad mentality, take a look as Scott McLemee’s effusion of bile on the occasion of Leon Kass’ recent Jefferson Lecture of the National Endowment of the Humanities. The basic argument goes something like this. Kass served in the Bush . . . . Continue Reading »
The story is generating quite a bit of heat, and—who knows?—maybe some rays of light along with it. It’s the story of a pastor by the name of David Jones in San Diego, recently told by local authorities that he can’t host a small Bible study group in his home without getting . . . . Continue Reading »
Longtime SHSers will recall the case of Lauren Richardson, the pregnant woman who had a catastrophic brain injury. After giving birth, the family was pressured to pull her feeding tube and Lauren’s parents ended up in court over the issue with Randy Richardson, fighting to save his . . . . Continue Reading »
A brief break from the euthanasia conference: I have just learned that the Governor of Oklahoma has signed the bill outlawing all human cloning in that state. Splendid. Not everyone is in thrall to Big Biotech and the purveyors of brave new . . . . Continue Reading »
Dr. Margaret Cottle: Canadian palliative care expert is speaking about how palliative care is being corrupted by assisted suicide/euthanasia advocacy. Dame Cecily Saunders “You matter to the last moment of your life, and we will do all we can, not only to help you die peacefully, but to live . . . . Continue Reading »
Rita Marker is speaking. Rita was introduced as the expert on euthanasia worldwide. That nails it. When she dies—may it not be for decades—we will have to make use of transhumanist technology to download her mind into a computer so we can continue to benefit from her institutional . . . . Continue Reading »
What could Kofi Annan, the former UN Secretary-General be referring to? Is it hunger? Disease? Poverty? No, I’m afraid it’s climate change : Climate change is already killing 300,000 people a year in a “silent crisis” that is seriously affecting hundreds of millions more, an . . . . Continue Reading »
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