The Herald Sun ran an article today by a Chris Fotinopoulos under the heading: We all have a right to a dignified End. This article earlier appeared on the ABC's The Drum under the title: Dignity in Dying shouldn't be just for the rich. The original title best reflects the nature of the article and also my response.'Let them have death!' Continue reading

Baroness Butler-Sloss who headed the UK family court system speaks out against euthanasia and assisted suicide on the eve of the Appeal hearing int he UK Supreme Court in the Nicklinson/Lamb case. The quotes that follow are from the  Mail OnLine report: Continue reading

The following article was written by Nic Steenhout, the director of Vivre dans la Dignité, and  published in the Montreal Gazette on November 12, 2013 Continue reading

  Several academics are arguing for euthanasia for those 'weary of life'. Recent articles in the Journal of Medical Ethics push for law reform to be consistent in our ethical reasoning.  Continue reading

This article by Wesley Smith from his secondhandsmoke blog: Continue reading

Last evening 50 HOPE supporters gathered at the  Pagoda Chinese Restaurant in Adelaide to officially launch the Australian Edition of Alex Schadenberg's book:  Continue reading

A report today in  The Australian has it that the new Japanese Finance Minister,  Continue reading

  My friend, often one to blurt out profundities without notice, said that he objects to patients being asked about whether or not they would want to be resuscitated should something go wrong at the time of being admitted to hospital for surgery. He argued that an imminent surgery and the understandable patient anxiety prior to the operation would make anyone vulnerable to making a poor decision or to being lead to a decision that they might not otherwise make.I was chatting semi-aimlessly with a lawyer friend the other day when the issue of medical power of attorneys and medical directions came up. Continue reading

At the same time as the Scottish Parliament was about to throw Margo MacDonald's euthanasia bill out into the cold, a disturbing report from Aberdeenshire Council suggests that there are up to 100 reports each month of vulnerable adults being abused. This abuse mostly affects those with a disability, mental or other illness.It is simply not true to assume that the disadvantaged and vulnerable have the same protection of the law and knowledge of and ability to claim their rights as others in the community.  Consequently, it can never be claimed that access to euthanasia and assisted suicide by the disabled is about a level playing field. Continue reading