Monthly Archives: November 2009

Some thoughts on Steven Fletcher’s euthanasia column

Here are a few rambling thoughts about what Conservative MP Steven Fletcher wrote today in the National Post regarding euthanasia and doctor-assisted suicide. It is a serious article, one that no doubt will move some people on this issue. But it also begs some serious questions and concerns. Fletcher, a paraplegic confined to a wheelchair since a 1996 automobile accident, says that he would like to [...]

2009-11-02T11:44:55-05:00November 2, 2009|Soconvivium|

The personhood movement

WorldNetDaily has a storyon the personhood movement, which is currently leading efforts in 32 states to define the unborn child as a legal person. Personhood USA says that defining the unborn child as a legal person will directly challenge Roe v. Wade. Pro-lifers can reasonably disagree whether these initiatives are the best way to advance the pro-life cause -- Judie Brown of [...]

2009-11-02T09:36:20-05:00November 2, 2009|Soconvivium|

Assorted links (11/02)

Conservative MP Steven Fletcher, a paraplegic, has an op-ed in the National Postin which he explains that he supports the idea of euthanasia but that he is voting against Francine Lalonde's private members euthanasia bill (C-384). The Ottawa Citizen has a story about Fletcher not supporting C-384. Writing in the Marco Island Eagle, Eugene R. Milhizer, acting president of Ave Maria Law [...]

2009-11-02T09:03:49-05:00November 2, 2009|Soconvivium|
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