Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Oregon Governor Kate Brown agreed to expand the assisted suicide law by signing Bill SB 0579 into law. This bill, essentially, eliminates the 15 day waiting period to die by assisted suicide, a safeguard that was designed to assure that the person has an opportunity to change their mind.Continue reading “Oregon removes 15 day waiting period for assisted suicide.”
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Abandoning hope: Euthanasia for mental disorders.
This article was published by the Australian Care Alliance on July 24, 2019. Guidelines issued for assessing and executing requests for euthanasia and assisted suicide from people with mental disorders, including addictions such as alcoholism, by the Netherlands Federation of Medical Specialists and the National Council of the Order of Physicians of Belgium essentially authoriseContinue reading “Abandoning hope: Euthanasia for mental disorders.”
Kevin Dunn: A Tale of Two Films
By Kevin Dunn Kevin Dunn in Guernsey If someone told me that one day I would be travelling around the world to speak on euthanasia and assisted suicide I would have been hard pressed to believe them. I mean, who in their right mind would want to talk about death as a calling? For most ofContinue reading “Kevin Dunn: A Tale of Two Films”
Dutch doctors blackmailed and pressured in euthanasia requests.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition This week I wrote an article titled: Dutch doctors pressured in euthanasia requests based on the abstract of a study and and an article in the Medical Bag. This follow-up article reports on the full study – Pressure in dealing with requests for euthanasia or assisted suicide. ExperienceContinue reading “Dutch doctors blackmailed and pressured in euthanasia requests.”
Psychiatric euthanasia examined in the Netherlands.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Dr Scott Kim While researching the issue of psychiatric euthanasia I came across an article by Psychiatrist Scott Kim published in the Atlantic on June 6, 2019. The article explains how psychiatric euthanasia is approved in the Netherlands. The article: How Dutch Law Got a Little Too ComfortableContinue reading “Psychiatric euthanasia examined in the Netherlands.”
Dutch doctors pressured in euthanasia requests
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The British Medical Journal published a study “Pressure in dealing with requests for euthanasia or assisted suicide. Experiences of general practitioners.” The study interviewed 22 General Practitioners and indepth interviews with 15 General Practitioners concluded that: GPs experienced in dealing with EAS requests were revealed: (1) emotional blackmail, (2) controlContinue reading “Dutch doctors pressured in euthanasia requests”
Three Netherlands euthanasia deaths are being investigated.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition An article, on June 23, by Senay Boztas, for the Guardian outlines several euthanasia deaths that are being investigated or prosecuted in the Netherlands. EPC supporters will remember the case of the euthanasia death of a woman with dementia, in 2016, who resisted the lethal injection. Boztas explains: …in August, a DutchContinue reading “Three Netherlands euthanasia deaths are being investigated.”
Dr William Reichel: Rejecting assisted suicide is a wise decision.
(Sadly the Maine Governor signed the assisted suicide bill). I have studied assisted suicide since 1984, mostly at Georgetown University Medical Center. I am a Past President of the American Geriatrics Society and I have published a number of papers on this subject, the most important one in The Lancet in 1989. I also discussContinue reading “Dr William Reichel: Rejecting assisted suicide is a wise decision.”
Euthanasia for victims of rape.
This article was published by the Australian Care Alliance on June 5, 2019 It was widely reported in the english media that a 17 year old girl was euthanased on Sunday 2 June 2019 at her home in Arnhem, the Netherlands, on the grounds of her suffering as a victim of rape. However, Dutch reportsContinue reading “Euthanasia for victims of rape.”
Death of 17 year-old rape victim in the Netherlands was not euthanasia
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Noa Pothoven It is shocking to read the news about the euthanasia death of Noa Pothoven (17) who was sexually assaulted at age 11 and raped by two men when she was 14. We now learn that some of the english language media did not report her caseContinue reading “Death of 17 year-old rape victim in the Netherlands was not euthanasia”
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