by WESLEY J. SMITH  Canada is on the verge of instituting the most radical culture of death in the world.More radical than the Netherlands, which allows psychiatrists to euthanize the mentally ill. Continue reading

California Assisted Suicide Bill is Dying This article was published by Wesley Smith on his blog on July 5, 2015.I have been hearing this news for a few weeks, but it looks like CA's assisted suicide bill may be dying. From the Matier and Ross column in the San Francisco Chronicle: Continue reading

By Wesley Smith There is no limit to the culture of death once it is fully off the leash.Dutch law allows euthanasia for children age 12 and over. But now a prominent pediatrician wants the age limits erased. Continue reading

By Wesley J. SmithJanuary 28, 2015  I have been reporting on the non-voluntary euthanasia deaths in the Netherlands for more than 20 years, the infanticide, euthanasia of the elderly "tired of life," psychiatrists killing the mentally ill.Often people hear this truth and yawn, "Oh, humâ��but Brittany Maynard!" Continue reading

The Maryland Board of Physicians has revoked the medical license of a Baltimore anesthesiologist, Dr. Lawrence Egbert, for allegedly assisting in the suicides of six people in the state from 2004 to 2008 despite his assertion Tuesday that he only advised them on how to take their own lives. By Wesley J. SmithThere is more to this story than a ghoul suicide facilitator losing his medical license. Continue reading

Purdy's case thrust the legalization of assisted suicide onto the front burner in the UK in 2009, where it remains today. Ironically, even though she wasn't terminally ill at the timeâ��and died now because she stopped eatingâ��UK assisted suicide promoters continue to pretend that legalization is about terminal illness. Considering Purdy's caseâ��and the support she received for the right to assisted suicideâ��it clearly is not. Any such limitation is only the proverbial foot in the door.I am reminded of the 1941 German pro-euthanasia propaganda movie Ich Klage An! (I Accuse!). As in the Purdy case, the plot involved a woman who contracts progressive MS. As she loses abilities, she wants to die. Her physician husband eventually assists her suicide and is arrested. The movie ends with the character looking into the camera, as if the audience were the judges, declaring: Continue reading

By Wesley J. SmithFirst published at Human Exceptionalism on November 30, 2014 Human logic goes where our first principles and fundamental premises take it.Assisted suicide's core premise is that being killed to stop suffering is a fundamental human right. In other words, terminal illness may sometimes be potically expedient entry point to euthanasialand, but it isn't the point of legalization. Continue reading

This article first appeared on Wesley Smith's Blog, Human Exceptionalism on the 23rd of November 2014 Imagine you are at work, going about your day. The phone rings. You pick up and it is a mortuary informing you they have your mother's body."What do you mean you have my mother's body!" you exclaim in utter shock. Continue reading

This article was written by Wesley Smith and published on his blog on November 24, 2014. A study in European Psychiatry shows that 20% of close friends or family who witness assisted suicide develop post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). From the study:Of the 85 participants, 13% met the criteria for full PTSD (cut-offâ�¥35), 6.5% met the criteria for subthreshold PTSD (cut-offâ�¥25), and 4.9% met the criteria for complicated grief. The prevalence of depression was 16%; the prevalence of anxiety was 6%. Continue reading

Talk about a death panel! The House of Lords is debating again to legalize assisted suicideâ��struggles with the nonsense of fashioning "strict guidelines" to protect against abuse. (As I have repeatedly shown, guidelines don't protect, they just give the illusion of control.)The latest scheme is to create what could be called "suicide courts," where suicidal people will ask a judge to approve their doctor-prescribed suicide. From the Independent story: Continue reading