Pages tagged "disability"
Tim Bowers: tragic accident raises serious questions about the limits of autonomy
Nov 17, 2013
Tim Bowers, newly married with his wife expecting their first child had a tragic fall while hunting that rendered him a quadriplegic. His family pressed doctors to bring him out of his medically induced coma only one day after the accident to ask him if he wanted to continue living. He chose not to have the breathing tube replaced and died hours later.
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EPC Europe Director sets context for euthanasia debate: are disabled people right in being afraid?
Nov 17, 2013
Dr Kevin Fitzpatrick OBE, director of the newly formed spoke in Brussels both at the launch of the new organisation and in setting the context for the great debate later that same evening. What follows is Kevin's chilling assessment of euthanasia and disabled people:Euthanasia Prevention Coalition - Europe
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Phony "Disability Rights" Pro-Euthanasia Scam
Oct 30, 2013
This article by Wesley Smith from his secondhandsmoke blog:
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Disability - a fate worse than death
Oct 25, 2013
The day after the Tasmanian Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide was defeated, Disability activist, author and editor of the ABC's Ramp Up website on disability,
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Assaults on disabled under-reported, unpunished
Oct 14, 2013
A recent report on the pages of the Melbourne AGE newspaper backs up the concerns expressed by disability group Lives Worth Living to the Tasmanian Parliament over the soon-to-be-debated euthanasia bill.
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Assisted Suicide: On the Defensive Thanks to Privileged People with a Disability
Oct 12, 2013
This post is from the blog of William Peace. Based in New York State, William writes under the blog name of He comments: 'Bad Cripple'.
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"Assisted suicide: a chilling prospect for disabled people"
Sep 29, 2013
This article is republished from the disability rights Not Dead Yet blog.
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Is Stephen Hawking an animal?
Sep 19, 2013
I consider myself fortunate on occasion to talk to young people about the issue of euthanasia & assisted suicide. It's rare to find a young person who is ideologically fixed in favour and far more common to read on their faces genuine intent to grapple with the issue, regardless of their intuitive leanings. Paul Russell at a University Debate in Adelaide
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Stephen Hawking is a great scientist but his advice on decriminalising assisted suicide should be given short shrift
Sep 18, 2013
More on Stephen Hawking's comments supporting assisted suicide; this time from :CareNotKilling UK's Dr Peter Saunders
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Stephen Hawking creates confusion about what constitutes assisted suicide - puts disabled people at risk
Sep 18, 2013
Alex Schadenberg comments on news reports that scientist Stephen Hawking has backed assisted suicide: today that scientist, Stephen Hawking, supports assisted suicide.
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