I have discussed the contents of new law at length previously and I don't want to repeat myself. However, the bill did undergo some changes since I wrote about it, and there are certain sections of the new law that need to be emphasized, so here goes: The euphemism for homicide in the law is "aid in dying,"which in turn, is defined as part of "end of life care."Receiving "end of life care"�including euthanasia�is now a positive right. Continue reading

The Wall Street Journal recently published the results of a worldwide survey on people's attitudes towards Judaism, Jewish people and a comparison with attitudes to the other world religions. Most revealing was this statement:Younger people were significantly less aware of the Holocaust than older people. While 61% of those over 50 years old knew about the tragedy, only 48% of people under 35 were aware of it. That trend is expected to continue with the fading of the generation that lived through the Holocaust, which ended nearly 70 years ago. Continue reading

News reports today say that Poppe has confessed to in the Sacred Heart Hospital in Menen from the 1980s up to 2011. Up until 2002 Poppe was a nurse at the hospital and,thereafter worked in a part time capacity as a pastoral assistant.killing up to 50 people Continue reading

This report by Michael Cook from the MercatorNet blog, Careful!Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard in the National Assembly this week.  Continue reading

Recent reports on most Australian News services concerning the double suicide of two women in Victoria using suicide apparatus purchased from Exit International are swallowing the pro-euthanasia bait dangled in front of them by Dr Nitschke. The same could be said for the news reports of only a month or so ago, also arising out of Victoria, concerning the admission by   that he provided Nembutal that was used by another Victorian man to commit suicide years before. Continue reading

Tanni Grey-Thompson A number of prominent disability activists in the UK have been warning in the British media over the last few days that Lord Falconer's Assisted Dying Bill is dangerous and puts people at risk.This includes nine-time paralympian and holder of 11 paralympic gold medals and now British Peer, Tanni Grey-Thompson in a recent article in the Continue reading

Lord Falconer's assisted dying bill was introduced into the British House of Lords overnight. This insightful reflection in by Baroness Sheila Hollins, British Peer and former president of both the British Medical Association and the Royal College of Psychiatrists first appeared in the Continue reading

Cross posted from :Alex Schadenberg's Blog Continue reading

Deacon charged with illegal active euthanasia in Belgium Breaking news from a number of sources says that Belgian Police have charged a 57 year old man with 10 cases of illegal euthanasia. (see for example) Continue reading

Dignity in Dying Dr Kevin Fitzpatrick OBE is convenor of NotDeadYet UK Continue reading