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“Fatal Flaws” Shows Assisted Suicide is About Despair, Not Terminal Illness
In June, the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition and DunnMedia & Entertainment released Fatal Flaws: Legalizing Assisted Death, a full-length documentary examining the long-term consequences of legal assisted suicide. Kevin Dunn, the filmmaker, travelled to the Netherlands, Belgium, the U.S., and Canada to interview patients and physicians who have been affected by these laws, both assisted suicide
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As I See It: The AMA grapples with issue of physician assisted suicide [TELEGRAPH.COM]
Published 22 JULY 2018 at telegram.com: link to original article By Thomas E. Sullivan, M.D. Ethicists’ recommendations were not followed I am surprised, having dedicated my life to healing, that we in the House of Delegates of the American Medical Association did not reach consensus at our annual meeting in Chicago recently, to ratify the
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Advocates against Assisted Suicide Show That Love Endures and Gives Life [NATIONAL REVIEW]
Published 16 JULY at National Review: link to original article. By Kathryn Jean Lopez “Lucas is dependent on me for everything. And it is joy. I take care of him with joy. I do it out of love.” At the same time, she was caring for her newborn son, Kristen Hanson was caring for her
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Twelve Myths About Physician Assisted Suicide and Medical Aid In Dying [MD MAGAZINE]
Note: At the MN Alliance for Ethical Healthcare, we choose to use the term “assisted suicide” rather than the more common terms “medical aid-in-dying (MAID)” and “physician-assisted suicide (PAS)” We believe that “assisted suicide” most accurately describes the practice discussed below, because no matter who is assisting—a doctor, a family member, or an “Exit Guide“—the
Suicide and Assisted Suicide: Two Sides of the Same Crisis
If we give up the fight against assisted suicide, we will lose the fight against suicide, too. A crisis of meaning Last month we mourned fashion designer Kate Spade and television chef Anthony Bourdain, who both ended their own lives unexpectedly. These celebrity suicides have since sparked a national conversation about mental health and how
Doctor Assisted Suicide: Why DC’s Docs Are Not Opting In
Doctors Don’t Want to Help Their Patients Die When assisted suicide legislation passed in Washington, D.C., Compassion & Choices predicted that around 10 people in the city would use it each year. Yet, during the law’s first year, not a single person has. Not one. Rather than acknowledging that doctors and residents still have serious
Three Major Red Flags in Minnesota’s Assisted Suicide Bill: Prohibitions, Requirements, and Loopholes
Assisted suicide advocates in Minnesota, such as the group Compassion & Choices, use terms such as “medical aid in dying” to describe doctors enabling patients to end their own lives. However, to understand better what assisted suicide advocates wish to see happen, we must take a closer look at the legislation they support. In Minnesota,
Three Disturbing Unanswered Questions About Colorado’s First Year of Assisted Suicide
In December 2016, Colorado became the sixth state to legalize assisted suicide. This year, Compassion & Choices (the U.S.’s leading assisted suicide advocacy group) celebrated that “Colorado’s first year of implementation has been a success and is working as voters intended.” Many will take them at their word—but that is precisely the problem. Assisted suicide
Improving Quality of Life for Terminally Ill Patients
By Katherine Cross – Minnesota Catholic Conference Your doctor just told you the two words no patient ever wants to hear: “Terminal Cancer.” Those two enormous words blocked out everything else that came after them. Nothing could possibly translate through the roaring whirlwind of emotions held back by an impossibly strong but thin line between
Four Things You Need to Know About Assisted Suicide Laws
There are currently six states in our country that have “death with dignity” or “aid in dying” laws on their books; an additional five will consider assisted suicide bills in 2018. Minnesota does not currently have laws allowing assisted suicide, but we are likely to see a bill presented soon. Therefore, now is the time