This article was published by The American Spectator on October 17, 2019 Several countries may be ahead of us in this area, but the U.S. is fast catching up. Wesley Smith By Wesley J SmithA few years ago, a Dutch doctor attended her elderly Alzheimer’s disease patient at a nursing home. The doctor’s purpose wasn’tContinue reading “Targeting people with mental illness and dementia for euthanasia.”
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Dutch prosecutors ask Supreme Court to clarify euthanasia rules for people with dementia.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Prosecutors in the Netherlands have asked the Supreme Court to clarify the euthanasia law, after a court in the Hague expanded the euthanasia law by acquitting a doctor who euthanized a woman with dementia who resisted the euthanasia injection. Dutch court expands euthanasia law by acquitting doctor who euthanizedContinue reading “Dutch prosecutors ask Supreme Court to clarify euthanasia rules for people with dementia.”
Dutch ‘Forced Euthanasia’ Doctor Cleared of Charges
This article was published by National Review online on September 11, 2019. By Wesley Smith: I could have told you this would happen. A Dutch doctor who lethally injected a dementia patient, has been cleared of criminal charges. Euthanizing dementia patients isn’t against the law in Netherlands if the patient expressed a desire to dieContinue reading “Dutch ‘Forced Euthanasia’ Doctor Cleared of Charges”
Dutch court expands euthanasia law by acquitting doctor who euthanized a patient with dementia without effective consent.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition. A court in the Hague Netherlands has expanded the euthanasia law by acquitting a doctor who euthanized a woman with dementia who resisted the injection and said No. The case concerned the euthanasia of a woman with dementia who resisted so the doctor sedated the woman by putting drugsContinue reading “Dutch court expands euthanasia law by acquitting doctor who euthanized a patient with dementia without effective consent.”
Dutch doctors told to lie on euthanasia reports.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition My suspicions have been confirmed by the latest promotion campaign by the Dutch euthanasia clinic who are proudly reporting that requests for euthanasia, at the clinic, have increased by 15%. The euthanasia clinic claims that, doctors across the Netherlands are referring patients to the clinic rather than kill theContinue reading “Dutch doctors told to lie on euthanasia reports.”
Sulmasy responds to a pro-assisted suicide study.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition A study normalizing the assisted suicide practices in Oregon and Washington State, was recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The purpose of the study – Trends in Medical Aid in Dying in Oregon and Washington is to encourage other states to legalize assisted suicide inContinue reading “Sulmasy responds to a pro-assisted suicide study.”
Netherlands politician pushes to expand euthanasia to people who are "tired of living."
Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition In October 2016 I reported that the Dutch government were considering expanding the euthanasia law to include people who are not physically or psychologically suffering but who believe that their “life is complete.” The issue of the “completed life” was not legislated at that time, but now the DutchContinue reading “Netherlands politician pushes to expand euthanasia to people who are "tired of living."”
Dutch doctor on trial for euthanasia without effective consent. Punishment is not being proposed.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The trial of the doctor who lethally injected (euthanasia) an incompetent woman without effective consent is happening this week in the Hague Netherlands. The case concerns the euthanasia of a woman with dementia who resisted so the doctor sedated the woman by secretly putting drugs in her coffee. The womanContinue reading “Dutch doctor on trial for euthanasia without effective consent. Punishment is not being proposed.”
Dr Mark Komrad: Why psychiatrists should oppose euthanasia.
Dr Mark Komrad, MD is a psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins, who speaks to the Anscombe Bioethics Centre about why psychiatrists should oppose euthanasia. The following text is a paraphrase, of the video interview produced by the Anscombe Bioethics Centre. (Alex Schadenberg) The situation concerning euthanasia or assisted suicide for psychiatric reasons. Since 2002, the NetherlandsContinue reading “Dr Mark Komrad: Why psychiatrists should oppose euthanasia.”
Report into Wettlaufer deaths will not protect people from suspicious euthanasia deaths.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Elizabeth Wettlaufer In June 2017, Elizabeth Wettlaufer, a former nurse who confessed to killing 8 people in Woodstock and London Ontario, was sentenced to 25 years without eligibility for parole. Justice Thomas stated, during the sentencing: “It is a complete betrayal of trust when a caregiver does notContinue reading “Report into Wettlaufer deaths will not protect people from suspicious euthanasia deaths.”
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