Euthanasia Articles

Oregon’s Euthanasia Law Still Under Review

April 29, 1995|Comments Off on Oregon’s Euthanasia Law Still Under Review

A law which would allow Oregon doctors to administer lethal doses to end the lives of terminally ill patients remains [...]

Second euthanasia case hits N.S.

March 29, 1995|Comments Off on Second euthanasia case hits N.S.

A second case of assisted  suicide is before the Nova Scotia courts.  It occurred in May 1994, a year after [...]

Real fear haunts disabled

March 29, 1995|Comments Off on Real fear haunts disabled

Groups stage rally to voice anger and fear over appeal of Saskatchewan man who killed his daughter On February 22, [...]

No jail for N.S. “mercy-killers”

February 28, 1995|Comments Off on No jail for N.S. “mercy-killers”

In the region’s first mercy killing case, Nova Scotia Supreme Court Judge Felix Cacchione ruled that Cheryl May Myers, 30, [...]

Propaganda won the day in Oregon vote

February 28, 1995|Comments Off on Propaganda won the day in Oregon vote

Less-than-truthful euthanasia echoes tactics used in Roe v. Wade. When abortion activists campaigned successfully to legalize abortion in the United [...]

Yes, it’s murder

January 29, 1995|Comments Off on Yes, it’s murder

“Life is a precious gift.  It belongs to the person to whom it was given. . . Tray’s life was [...]

A wave of infanticide

January 29, 1995|Comments Off on A wave of infanticide

When Susan Smith first told her story about her children’s abduction during a carjacking, I was one of those cynics [...]

Why remain faithful?

January 29, 1995|Comments Off on Why remain faithful?

1994 ended a tremendously difficult year for the pro-life movement. Much of the year was taken up by the Ontario [...]

Euthanasia: death with no dignity

December 31, 1994|Comments Off on Euthanasia: death with no dignity

“Are euthanasia and assisted suicide appropriate faith responses to suffering?” That was the question posed at a Clinical Ethics Symposium [...]

Latimer sentence must be upheld, say disabled groups “It’s a tragedy…that her disability has influenced people’s ability to be objective.”

December 31, 1994|Comments Off on Latimer sentence must be upheld, say disabled groups “It’s a tragedy…that her disability has influenced people’s ability to be objective.”

On November 16, a Saskatchewan jury took less than four hours to find Robert Latimer guilty of second degree murder [...]

Queen’s Park, Ont.

December 1, 1994|Comments Off on Queen’s Park, Ont.

I read a write-up in the paper recently about elderly people in Holland who are now wearing buttons saying: ‘Please [...]

Dutch euthanasia experiment goes awry

August 16, 1994|Comments Off on Dutch euthanasia experiment goes awry

Maybe it was finding that a European conference on euthanasia and assisted suicide was held during a stretch of grey, [...]

Dutch euthanasia law a mockery

July 11, 1994|Comments Off on Dutch euthanasia law a mockery

The trial of a doctor who assisted in the suicide of a depressed but other wise healthy woman has caused [...]

You were asking?

April 28, 1994|Comments Off on You were asking?

As you are going to be in England and Portugal this winter, why not comment on what is happening in [...]

THE MONTH IN REVIEW

March 27, 1994|Comments Off on THE MONTH IN REVIEW

LORDS FOR LIFE In mid-February, Britain’s House of Lords unanimously rejected a call for England to follow the Dutch lead [...]