Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Oregon Senate The Oregon legislature is currently debating assisted suicide bill Bill HB 2217 to expand the assisted suicide law and permit euthanasia (homicide) by redefining the term “self administer” to allow patients to take the lethal drugs into their body using any method, including an IV tubeContinue reading “The assisted suicide lobby opposes Oregon bill expanding the law to euthanasia.”
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Medicating people without consent or against their expressed wish is illegal.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition regularly receives stories from family members or friends concerning medical decisions. Yesterday I was sent a story from a grieving son whose mother died a few days after she was given medication that she had specifically refused. The issue of consent can be difficult.Continue reading “Medicating people without consent or against their expressed wish is illegal.”
UN Committee prevents disabled man from being dehydrated to death in France.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Vincent Lambert’s mother has been fighting for his life. The United Nations committee on disability rights is intervening in the Vincent Lambert case in France. Lambert was cognitively disabled in a motorcycle accident injury in 2008. In 2015, his wife petitioned the court to have all treatment andContinue reading “UN Committee prevents disabled man from being dehydrated to death in France.”
Magazine article promotes euthanasia for people with dementia.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition There is a concerted campaign led by Canada’s euthanasia lobby to extend euthanasia to people with dementia, who previously expressed a wish to die by euthanasia. Audrey Parker died on November 1, 2018 as part of a DWD campaign to promote euthanasia for incompetent people (Link to the article).AnContinue reading “Magazine article promotes euthanasia for people with dementia.”
Health Canada publishes inaccurate and incomplete data on euthanasia in Canada.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition On March 21, I reported that there were 4235 “Medical Aid in Dying” euthanasia deaths in 2018, an increase of 50% over 2017, representing approximately 1.5% of all deaths. The data for my report was obtained from a presentation by Jocelyn Downie, an academic euthanasia activist, for theContinue reading “Health Canada publishes inaccurate and incomplete data on euthanasia in Canada.”
Assisted suicide goes down in another two states
This article was published by OneNewsNow on April 25, 2019 The fight is well under way over allowing doctor-assisted suicide but two states have pushed back on the push to kill fellow human beings. Nevada is the latest to turn down assisted suicide over a lack of support for passage, and a push in liberalContinue reading “Assisted suicide goes down in another two states”
Good news: The Nevada assisted suicide bill died a natural death. Dr Kirk Bronander wrote an excellent article explaining why assisted suicide should not be legal.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Congratulations to the many groups and individuals who worked to defeat Nevada’s assisted suicide bill SB 165. SB 165 passed in the Nevada Senate Health and Human Services Committee (3 – 2) on March 25. A few days ago, a well researched article by Dr Kirk Bronander, aContinue reading “Good news: The Nevada assisted suicide bill died a natural death. Dr Kirk Bronander wrote an excellent article explaining why assisted suicide should not be legal.”
Ontario: 368 people die by euthanasia in the first quarter of 2019.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition. The Ontario Coroner’s Office sent a quarterly report stating that there have been 2897 reported assisted deaths in Ontario since legalization (June 17, 2016) with 368 reported euthanasia deaths in the first three months of 2019. The current rate of euthanasia, in Ontario, is slightly lower than inContinue reading “Ontario: 368 people die by euthanasia in the first quarter of 2019.”
Oregon assisted suicide. The myth of "oversight" and "control."
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director – Euthanasia Prevention CoalitionAs the Executive Director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) my position opposing assisted suicide is clear. For the sake of this article, I will simply share some information about assisted suicide in Oregon. Recently two Oregon doctors were investigated for abuse of the assisted suicide act. Since theContinue reading “Oregon assisted suicide. The myth of "oversight" and "control."”
Oregon Bill HB 2217 would extend assisted suicide to allow euthanasia.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Oregon bill HB 2217 which expands assisted suicide to include euthanasia by redefining “self-administer” passed in the House by a vote of 37 to 21. HB 2217 states: “Self-administer” means a qualified patient’s physical act of ingesting or delivering by another method medication to end his or her life inContinue reading “Oregon Bill HB 2217 would extend assisted suicide to allow euthanasia.”
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