Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Nadia Kajouji In September 2014, a former Minnesota nurse, William Melchert-Dinkel, was convicted of assisted suicide in the death of Mark Drybrough from England and attempting to assist the suicide of Canadian teenager Nadia Kajouji. Melchert-Dinkel was a suicide voyeur who preyed upon suicidal members of a chat-room andContinue reading “Australia’s Dr Death is watching his clients die by suicide.”
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Father with ALS Euthanized after being denied sufficient care in Canada
This article was published by National Review online on August 14, 2019. Wesley J Smith By Wesley J. Smith A Canadian man disabled by ALS didn’t want to die now. He wanted to be cared for at home so he could be with his son. Nope. The government’s socialized health-care system refused to pay forContinue reading “Father with ALS Euthanized after being denied sufficient care in Canada”
Court order temporarily stops assisted suicide in New Jersey.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition I have amazing news. Smith and Associates, a New Jersey law firm, obtained a temporary restraining order preventing the New Jersey assisted suicide act from going into effect. The New Jersey assisted suicide law passed on March 25 and was signed into law by Governor Phil Murphy on AprilContinue reading “Court order temporarily stops assisted suicide in New Jersey.”
U.S. Government Report Shows Hospice Abuse. Sacrificing Patient Care for Profit.
<!–[if !mso]>st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]–>By Mark Hodges. Groups opposing euthanasia and assisted suicide have been advocates of good hospice care. Stories about hospice abuse have created great concerns as we recognize that good care will reduce the demand for assisted dying while hospice abusive feeds the demand to legalize assisted suicide. Promoters of assisted suicide willContinue reading “U.S. Government Report Shows Hospice Abuse. Sacrificing Patient Care for Profit.”
Disturbing trends revealed in latest Washington State assisted suicide stats.
This article was published by HOPE Australia on August 9, 2019. The most recent statistics for Washington State’s assisted suicide laws demonstrate what we have seen in jurisdiction after jurisdiction that have passed these laws: a dramatic increase in assisted suicide deaths, the emergence of “specialist” assisted suicide doctors, the lack of psychological care… it’sContinue reading “Disturbing trends revealed in latest Washington State assisted suicide stats.”
Australian euthanasia promoter, Philip Nitschke, challenged by woman whose father died after receiving suicide advice.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition As reported by Gary Adshead with News9.com.au, a woman, whose father died by suicide after being assisted Dr Philip Nitschke, challenged Nitschke at a pro-euthanasia Exit meeting. Adshead reported that a woman named Candice confronted Nitschke, during the pro-euthanasia meeting stating: “There are young people who have died,Continue reading “Australian euthanasia promoter, Philip Nitschke, challenged by woman whose father died after receiving suicide advice.”
Suicide is never elegant or stylish. It is always a tragic loss.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Nick Goiran, a Liberal MLC from Western Australia, responded to an article published by The Sunday Times on August 4, that accused Goiran of being cruelly indifferent to Western Australians taking their life. Goiran was published in The Sunday Times on August 11, clarifying what he actually said,Continue reading “Suicide is never elegant or stylish. It is always a tragic loss.”
Schadenberg celebrates 20 years opposing euthanasia.
This article was published on August 9, 2019 by Convivium under the title MAiD In Canada. Alex Schadenberg of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition stands unsurprised at this week’s news of Dr. Ellen Wiebe’s exoneration after she administered death to a patient in a facility where Medical Aid in Dying is prohibited. Peter Stockland ByContinue reading “Schadenberg celebrates 20 years opposing euthanasia.”
Marketing Death and Alzheimer’s Disease
This article was written and published by Nancy Valko on August 9, 2019. Nancy Valko By Nancy Valko An April, 2019 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association titled “Attitudes Toward Physician-Assisted Death From Individuals Who Learn They Have an Alzheimer Disease Biomarker” found that approximately 20% of cognitively normal older adults whoContinue reading “Marketing Death and Alzheimer’s Disease”
Doctors group pushes assisted suicide.
This article was published by OneNewsNow on July 30, 2019 A euthanasia expert is concerned about formation of a new doctor group’s involvement in assisted suicide. Assisted suicide doctors to train more doctors to kill. Doctors already participating in terminating people have formed the National Clinicians Conference on Medical Aid in Dying with a planContinue reading “Doctors group pushes assisted suicide.”