Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Indiana House Bill 1020 is sponsored by State Rep Matt Pierce (D) and was introduced on January 7. House Bill 1020 claims to legalize assisted suicide, but the bill could be interpreted wide enough to permit euthanasia (homicide). For instance, Section 3. (a) (5) of the bill states that:Continue reading “Indiana assisted suicide bill may permit euthanasia (homicide).”
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Swiss prisoner convicted of child rape is being considered for assisted suicide.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Peter Vogt A Swiss prisoner convicted of sexual assault and rape of girls and woman ranging in age from 10 to 56 is being considered for death by assisted suicide. An AFP news article by Agnès Pedrero reported that Peter Vogt (69) who has been diagnosed with severalContinue reading “Swiss prisoner convicted of child rape is being considered for assisted suicide.”
Conference (January 14): Fighting assisted suicide in New York.
This article was published by OneNewsNow on January 6, 2020. Opponents of assisted suicide are organizing to fight the legalization of the practice in New York. The New York Legislature will soon debate on whether the state will make it legal for doctors to prescribe lethal drugs to assist a person in taking his orContinue reading “Conference (January 14): Fighting assisted suicide in New York.”
Simon Stevens: Hospitals, eugenics and assisted suicide.
This article was written and published by Simon Stevens, disability consultant and activist, on January 2, 2020. As an internationally recognised disability consultant, trainer and most importantly, activist, I have always strongly opposed all forms of eugenics. In 1995, aged 21, I was endlessly watching about parents wanting to kill their young son with cerebralContinue reading “Simon Stevens: Hospitals, eugenics and assisted suicide.”
New York State must not legalize physician-assisted suicide
Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) USA has an event at the Albany State House on Tuesday January 14, 2020 from 10:30 am to 2:30 pm. (Link to the event). There will be a press conference at 9 am.New York State is debating the legalization of assisted suicide. Dr Stanley Bukowski, from Amherst NY., wrote the followingContinue reading “New York State must not legalize physician-assisted suicide”
Loneliness is an epidemic among seniors that requires a caring response.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Loneliness is an important topic because all of us are affected by loneliness while seniors and people with disabilities have greater issues with loneliness because they often have issues with their health mobility. I am concerned about cultural loneliness because lonely and depressed people are more likely to dieContinue reading “Loneliness is an epidemic among seniors that requires a caring response.”
Vermont: 28 people reportedly died by assisted suicide in the past two years.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The media reported that 28 people died by assisted suicide in the past two years (July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2019). Calvin Cutler reported for WCAX3: The report released on Monday shows from July of 2017 to June of 2019, 28 people used the state’s physician-assisted death programContinue reading “Vermont: 28 people reportedly died by assisted suicide in the past two years.”
Italian Assisted suicide activist acquitted in death of disabled man.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Reuters news reported that a Milan court acquitted Italian assisted suicide activist, Marco Cappato, today in the assisted suicide death of Fabiano Antoniani (known as DJ Fabo), in February 2017. This decision is sad but not surprising considering Italy’s constitutional court decision in September 2019, that opened the doorContinue reading “Italian Assisted suicide activist acquitted in death of disabled man.”
Lethal drug cocktails experimented on humans.
This article was published by OneNewsNow on December 20, 2019. An anti-euthanasia group says it isn’t ethical for medical personnel to perform lethal experiments on human beings, especially to expand the practice of assisted suicide. *Prolonged painful assisted suicide deaths and human experiments with new lethal drug cocktails (Link). Alex Schadenberg Washington and Oregon areContinue reading “Lethal drug cocktails experimented on humans.”
Prolonged painful assisted suicide deaths and human experiments with new lethal drugs cocktails
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition An article published in the Spring Hill Insider yesterday looks at experiments being done on people to find an effective lethal drug cocktail for assisted suicide. The current drug cocktails have caused painful assisted suicide deaths that may take many hours to die. The article states that assisted suicideContinue reading “Prolonged painful assisted suicide deaths and human experiments with new lethal drugs cocktails”
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