Canada's Euthanasia Bill

by Douglas Farrow

Canada's new euthanasia bill has been unwrapped. Continue Reading »

15 Apr 2016

Euthanasia by Organ Harvesting

by Wesley J. Smith

Shallow are the souls that have forgotten how to shudder.—Leon Kass The ethics of medicine aren’t what they used to be. Sanctity of life? That’s so passé. The Hippocratic Oath? Fuggettaboudit! The modern healthcare system is expected to embrace properly utilitarian perspectives.Take . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2016

CPAC’s Pro-Life Panel

by Michael J. New

On Friday afternoon, the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) hosted a panel on pro-life issues. It was moderated by Julie Hocker of the American Conservative Union Foundation. Panelists included Congressional candidate Lenny McAllister, abortion survivor and pro-life activist Gianna . . . . Continue Reading »

8 Mar 2016

Canada Declares War on Christian Doctors and Nurses

by Wesley J. Smith

Last year, the Canadian Supreme Court created a right to euthanasia and assisted suicide. To qualify for death, the court ruled unanimously, one must be a competent adult with a medically diagnosed condition causing “irremediable suffering”—a circumstance wholly determined by the patient and . . . . Continue Reading »

4 Mar 2016

Canadian Culture of Death: An Open Letter

by Douglas Farrow

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3 Mar 2016

Letter from a Toronto Jail

by Douglas Farrow

One of Canada’s prisoners of conscience, Mary Wagner, in a moving letter from her Vanier Centre cell, writes of her concern that many members of our Christian medical associations, “despite their earnest desire to resist doctor-abetted suicide, have succumbed to defeatism.”She points to . . . . Continue Reading »

6 Feb 2016

The Terminators

by Douglas Farrow

Canada’s pending legislation on euthanasia and assisted suicide raises a question: What shall we call people who are legally involved in the destruction of human life—particularly those who do the actual killing? Shall we call them medical executioners? They are indeed executioners, as none can . . . . Continue Reading »

28 Jan 2016

“Remembrance of Death” Can Overcome “Death Obsession”

by Wesley J. Smith

I was once approached by a member of the Hemlock Society after I had delivered a speech opposing assisted suicide. She asked me, “Mr. Smith, how do you envision your death?” I was a bit taken aback. Her whole approach seemed backwards to me. So, I replied, “Ma’am, I’m still trying to . . . . Continue Reading »

22 Jan 2016

What Euthanasia Enthusiasts Really Want

by Wesley J. Smith

Assisted-suicide advocacy is wrapped in euphemisms and false assurances. We are often told that medicalized killing will be “a last resort” reserved for the terminally ill, to be deployed only in the context of a long-term relationship with a caring doctor and, even then, strictly when there is . . . . Continue Reading »

8 Jan 2016

Why We Cannot Reach Compromise

by Wesley J. Smith

The other day, I read a column in the National Post that made my stomach turn. It wasn’t the quality of the writing, which was quite good, but the content. The writer celebrated a recent Canadian Supreme Court ruling that determined lethal-injection termination is a charter right. As a result, . . . . Continue Reading »

11 Dec 2015