UK Assisted Suicide Bill fails the public safety test
The following article was written by Dr Peter Saunders, the campaign director for the Care Not Killing Alliance, and published on his blog on July 8, 2013 under the title: .
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Berlin begins building memorial to victims of Nazi 'euthanasia'
From the this report on the building of a memorial to the over 200,000 people who died under the T4 euthanasia program that, itself, was the impetus for the Nazi extermination camps during the Second World War:German DW website
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Leading Federal MP applauds Alex Schadenberg
Last evening 50 HOPE supporters gathered at the Pagoda Chinese Restaurant in Adelaide to officially launch the Australian Edition of Alex Schadenberg's book:
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Eight reasons why peak medical organisations should oppose assisted suicide
, campaign director of the UK's CareNotKilling alliance, explains why the Royal College, and other medical groups, should retain their opposition to assisted suicide. Dr. Peter Saunders
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French national ethics committee rejects euthanasia but President Hollande intends to legislate anyway
UK CareNotKilling director, , expands on the situation in France.Dr Peter Saunders
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Canadian euthanasia bill: Re-introducing the death penalty for the innocent?
This is a great little reflection from The B.C. Catholic newspaper on the risk that the Quebec euthanasia bill poses for vulnerable people and the death penalty, removed in Canada for the very same reason:
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Ethics Committee says: 'Non!' but French President says: 'Oui'!
Alex Schadenberg comments on the recent announcement by President Francois Hollande that, in spite of clear opposition from the national ethics committee, he intends to push a euthanasia bill into the French Parliament later this year.
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Elderly Belgian couple die together - euthanasia for social reasons
The Daily Belgian News Het Nieuwsblad.be is reporting the death of an elderly Belgian couple who died together by euthanasia in the last few days.
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Care Not Killing protests at London Exit workshop - Nitschke acknowledges
The reports on the European Exit/Nitschke tour ahead of the Dublin workshop.
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It's not about pain
Once euthanasia advocacy was mostly about people's pain at the end-of-life. Pain is really not the issue any longer, if it really ever was. Palliative medicine developed, in recent years to a point where virtually all pain can be dealt with. If any concern remains here, it's really more about ensuring that everyone has access to high quality services.
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