Euthanasia Articles
Safeguards for euthanasia inevitably breakdown
Euthanasia is the voluntary act of ending a person’s life on their request. Assisted Suicide is the intentional providing of [...]
Feds announce panel to advise on euthanasia ruling
The federal Conservatives’ appointment of a panel to advise the government on how to regulate doctor-assisted suicide is a welcome [...]
Euthanasia Prevention Coalition campaign calls on Parliament to “Give Us Time”
The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) has launched the “Give Us Time” postcard campaign in response to the Supreme Court of [...]
13 days that changed my life: Remembering Terri Schiavo
Terri Schiavo Ten years ago this month, the world watched as 41-year-old Terri Schindler Schiavo was starved and [...]
SCC assisted suicide decision is irresponsible and dangerous
Alex Schadenberg The Supreme Court of Canada has made an activist decision by giving physicians the right in [...]
Death wish
“Fear not,” Dingwall said, when I complained about the Supreme Court’s invalidation of the law against physician-assisted suicide. “What do [...]
Reaction to Carter decision
“The Supreme Court is naïve to think that assisted suicide will not be abused, when abuse already occurs ... Giving [...]
In search of ‘good death’
The first appearance of the word “euthanasia” in English occurs in Francis Bacon’s discussion of incurable diseases. He exhorts doctors [...]
A decision notwithstanding
The Supreme Court of Canada’s recent declaration that our country’s prohibitions against euthanasia and assisted suicide “unjustifiably infringe” on the [...]
What about living with dignity? A plea to the Supreme Court justices
Taylor Hyatt Dear Supreme Court Justices: On Feb. 6, you unanimously ruled that existing prohibitions against assisted suicide [...]
Supreme Court makes assisted suicide a constitutional right
On Feb. 6, the Supreme Court of Canada threw out sections of the Criminal Code prohibiting euthanasia and assisted-suicide, saying [...]
Dying with Dignity loses charitable status
Hugh Scher of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition applauds decision. The pro-euthanasia lobby group Dying with Dignity has been [...]
Euthanasia’s slippery slope
In “End of Life Decision Making,” a report issued in 2011, a so-called “expert panel” appointed by the Royal Society [...]
Being Mortal is mostly good, except for egregious euthanasia error
Dr. Atul Gawande is a renowned surgeon, public-health researcher and medical professor at Harvard. His latest book, Being Mortal: Medicine and [...]
Assisted suicide bill introduced in Senate
A Conservative and Liberal senator have teamed up to jump-start the stalled debate on MP Steven Fletcher’s euthanasia and assisted-suicide [...]