Category Archives: assisted suicide

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Sigh. I like it when prominent politicians criticize euthanasia. But I wish they would be more careful with their words because when they get the details wrong, it can do … Continue reading →

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC One of the supposed protections of euthanasia is the doctor saying no when, as one example, when killing isn’t warranted. (Doctors also say know if participating in killing of a … Continue reading →

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC This is the consequence of the ridiculous practice of legislating to headlines too often seen in the states’ legislatures and Congress. In this case, Jack Kevorkian was publicly promising to … Continue reading →

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC On to the mentally ill! That is the message of a new article in the Dutch language tijdschrift voor psychiatrie 53 (2011) 8 (Journal of Psychiatry). I’ll skip the nonsense … Continue reading →

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC The Belgian medical establishment’s enthusiastic embrace of euthanasia has been breathtaking and appalling to behold. Now a study is out stating that a euthanasia counseling service is being underutilized by … Continue reading →

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC The Sunday Times has a good editorial out opposing the legalization of assisted suicide in the UK, which is now in the midst of a big policy push seen there … Continue reading →