Euthanasia Articles
Acquittal underscores need for guidelines
The country’s euthanasia debate grew even murkier Feb. 27 with a judge’s decision to drop first-degree murder charges against Halifax [...]
A sense of deja vu surrounds Morrison case
If there’s one thing that history has taught the pro-life and pro-family movements over the three decades or so, it’s [...]
Atlantic pro-lifers fear MD will walk
HALIFAX - The case of Dr. Nancy Morrison, a Halifax intensive care physician and Dalhousie Medical School professor charged with [...]
New hopes for a culture of life
The following is excerpted from a homily by Vancouver's Archbishop Adam Exner at the fifth annual Mass for Life December [...]
A father can never give up on a child’s life
The other night our kids started discussing the Robert Latimer case at the dinner table. I know where I stand [...]
Kevorkian showing new disdain for the law
Current and former state senators said December 28 that they wre appalled Jack Kevorkian apparently has continued to assist in [...]
Caring attitude defeats sense of despair
Part II of Interim interview with sister of Kevorkian victim On August 13, 1997, Long Island resident Karen Shoffstall died [...]
Suicide bill now law in Oregon
Oregon voters November 4 strongly reaffirmed their support of doctor-assisted suicide on the same day the state attorney general's office [...]
Much rides on Latimer sentence
(Ed note: Although a second trial found Saskatchewan farmer Robert Latimer guilty of second-degree murder in the death of his [...]
Society must offer more than despair
I was in Newfoundland at a national conference when the story broke on Karen Shoffstaff, a former Guelph resident who [...]
Senator still pressing for euthanasia law
It's time for another Sue Rodriguez to bring euthanasia back before Parliament, says Senator Sharon Carstairs. "We need this on [...]
Psychiatrists rejecting assisted suicide
By Interim specialIn the debate on legalizing physician-assisted suicide, the pro-life movement may have found an ally in psychiatrists. That [...]
Euthanasia touted as ‘cure’ for some illness
Dutch courts and physicians have turned euthanasia into a "cure" for chronic illnesses like depression and diabetes, says the author [...]
Morrison case fuels right to die debate: Chilling parallel with Morgentaler experience
The Canadian abortion movement had Dr. Henry Morgentaler. Now, the Canadian euthanasia movement may have Dr. Nancy Morrison. Morrison, a [...]
Two more examples of reduced respect for human life
Two news events, initially unrelated, send a disquieting message to those concerned with the diminished respect for human life in [...]