Euthanasia Articles

Acquittal underscores need for guidelines

April 8, 1998|Comments Off on 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

April 8, 1998|Comments Off on 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

March 7, 1998|Comments Off on 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

February 6, 1998|Comments Off on 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

January 5, 1998|Comments Off on 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

January 5, 1998|Comments Off on 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

January 5, 1998|Comments Off on 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

December 30, 1997|Comments Off on 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

December 30, 1997|Comments Off on 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

October 29, 1997|Comments Off on 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

September 29, 1997|Comments Off on 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

September 28, 1997|Comments Off 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

September 28, 1997|Comments Off on 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 [...]

Two more examples of reduced respect for human life

August 28, 1997|Comments Off on 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 [...]