April 2011

Bill To Make Washington Assisted Suicide Honest

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Whatever one thinks of assisted suicide—and my position is abundantly clear to anyone following this blog for more than a day or two—when it is undertaken, the death certificate should so state. But the Washington law legalizing assisted suicide legally requires doctors to falsify death [...]

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Lawsuit to Legalize Assisted Suicide to be Filed in Canada

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC The Canadian Supreme Court already ruled that there is no constitutional right to assisted suicide. But, the one thing you can say about assisted suicide activists–they never take no for an answer, they never quit. And now, a new lawsuit is planned. From the story: [...]

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“Neo-Evolution”

By Matthew Eppinette, CBC New Media Manager Just watched the above TED Talk on “Neo-Evolution.” From the description: Medical ethicist Harvey Fineberg shows us three paths forward for the ever-evolving human species: to stop evolving completely, to evolve naturally — or to control the next steps of human evolution, using genetic modification, to make ourselves [...]

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DNR Order Mission Creep?

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC A Do Not Resuscitate Order (DNR), is not the same thing as a “do not treat” request, although there is sometimes confusion in that regard. It simply means that if the patient has a cardiac arrest, the medical team (or nursing home personnel) are instructed [...]

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Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia “Safeguards” are Baloney

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Oncology has an important article out that every media writer should read. Reporters ubiquitously write or speak of euthanasia as having “tight safeguards” against abuse. They don’t work — and I submit they are not supposed to, but rather, are there merely to give the [...]

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FEN Leader Not Guilty in Phoenix Assisted Suicide

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC The Phoenix case of the mentally ill woman assisted in suicide by Final Exit Network zealots–what else would you call people who aided a mentally ill person kill themselves with helium instead of calling in suicide prevention?–ended in a not guilty verdict for the distant [...]

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You Can’t Make This Stuff Up

By Matthew Eppinette, CBC New Media Manager Yesterday I stumbled across a post on a bicycling blog highlighting a European sperm bank’s Sperm Bike. It seems they wanted an environmentally-friendly way to transport sperm samples to various fertility clinics around Copenhagen. And someone came up with the idea of a custom designed sperm bike. CEO [...]

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Final Exit Network Georgia Prosecution to Proceed

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC I recently did a radio debate with a FEN representative, who told the audience he was confident the Georgia case against his pals would be dismissed. It didn’t happen. From the story: A Forsyth County Superior Court judge has denied motions filed by attorneys challenging [...]

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A Near Death Experience

Dear Friend,           “I don’t want others to experience what I went through. It felt like I was fighting a cancer that no one knew about and I felt so ALONE in this world.”           “You can possibly die from this and it’s not a joke, or worth $5K or any amount of money. Losing your life [...]

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A Near Death Experience

Dear Friend,           “I don’t want others to experience what I went through. It felt like I was fighting a cancer that no one knew about and I felt so ALONE in this world.”           “You can possibly die from this and it’s not a joke, or worth $5K or any amount of money. Losing your life [...]

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