Richard Wilkins and his son - Adam
Former rocker and now TV presenter and interviewer on Australian television, Richard Wilkins talks about his son, Adam.Many people (including yours truly) speak similarly about their children with Down Syndrome.
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Doubts emerge about Dutch guidelines for terminal sedation
Michael Cook from recently posted the following article about the use of terminal sedation:
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EU courts refuse to impose euthanasia
The decision is in in respect to my earlier post about a court case at the European Court of Human Rights. (see earlier post HERE
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14% of All Dutch Deaths Involve Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide
US Lawyer and activist, Wesley Smith exposes what the recent Dutch figures really say. See also earlier post from . If euthanasia & assisted suicide are a public good, why don't they simply tell it like it
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Access to assisted suicide - a human right?
After all, if we're saying that the laws create rights, then they're human rights. If they're human rights, then they have a universal application by virtue of our common humanity.
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Justice Minister announces appeal of the decision of Justice Smith in BC, that legalized euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada
The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) applauds the decision by Justice Minister, Hon Rob Nicholson, who today announced the appeal
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New Zealand: Street's euthanasia bill untimely and unclear
Paul HutchisonWednesday 11 July 2012, 12:27PM
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Dutch doctors turn to 'continuous deep sedation' to keep official euthanasia figures low
Recent reports on the release of the 2010 Dutch euthanasia figures have tended to suggest that the garden is rosy in the Netherlands. UK Care Not Killing Alliance director, Dr. Peter Saunders explains why that's not the case. Dr. Peter Saunders
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Doctor accused of ending patients' lives prematurely
This is disturbing on a number of fronts. Firstly, claims that the doctor effectively euthanased a patient, secondly, that his actions were taken without consent. Thirdly, that he took no care to provide pain relief and also that the Medical Board has not sought to de-register him but, rather, to simply move his work away from acute care situations. It is also alleged that this was not an isolated case for this doctor.You can read the report and view the video
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