Tag: medical aid in dying

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 7, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abuse, assisted suicide, dehydration, dementia, disabilities, doctors, elderly, euthanasia, illness, laws, medical aid in dying, mentally ill, public policy, self-starvation, Thaddeus Mason Pope, VSED}

Self-Starvation to Qualify for Assisted Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 7, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

Once again, the assisted-suicide movement shows itself to be public-policy promise breakers of the most egregious kind and raw zealots for the death agenda. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 28, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, assisted suicide, Brandeis University, Canada, doctors, euthanasia, hemlock, honey, Ian Dowbiggin, MAiD, medical aid in dying, medication, mercy killing, New York Times, nurse practitioners, patients, suicide, University of Colorado}

How “Medical Aid in Dying” Became the Euphemism of Choice for Assisted Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 28, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

5}

When radical policies are proposed, the first step is to change the lexicon to make it seem less extreme, even mundane. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 15, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, assisted suicide, barbiturates, butterfly, CDC, death certificate, Death with Dignity, disease, doctors, dung beetle, medical aid in dying, overdose, statistics, suicide, United States}

CDC Undercounts Suicide Epidemic by Not Including Assisted Deaths

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 15, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

2}

You can call a dung beetle a butterfly, but it remains a dung beetle. The term suicide defines what is done, not why. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 15, 2019

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, ALS, Belgium, Canada, doctor, euthanasia, Globe and Mail, Hippocratic Oath, MAiD, medical aid in dying, mental illness, Netherlands, nurse practitioner, Ontario, pediatricians}

Quebec Court Declares Euthanasia “Foreseeable Death” Limitation Unconstitutional

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 15, 2019

Medicine

4}

A few years ago, the Supreme Court of Canada conjured a positive right in the Canadian Charter (constitution) to euthanasia. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 21, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, Canada, common law, contraception, Court of Appeals, doctors, euthanasia, First Amendment, freedom of religion, health care, Hippocratic Oath, lethal injection, MAiD, medical aid in dying, medical conscience, Ontario, patients, religious beliefs, Roman Catholic, socialized medicine}

Canada Court: Doctors Must Euthanize, Abort, or Refer

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 21, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

5}

The culture of death brooks no dissent. In Canada, doctors have been ordered to bend the knee. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 23, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, "rational suicide", blacks, David Brooks, euphemism, Latinos, medical aid in dying, Native Americans, New York Times, physician-assisted suicide, suicide prevention, terminal illness, whites}

David Brooks Forgets to Oppose Some Suicides

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 23, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

Like so many others in the contemporary cultural milieu, Brooks remains in the shallow water by failing to grapple with the ubiquitous promotion of suicide we see all around us. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 10, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, assisted suicide, bureaucracy, Canada, diabetes, euthanasia, humans, Journal of Medical Ethics, logic, MAiD, medical aid in dying, Oregon, protective guidelines, Quebec, self-starving}

Euthanasia Is Becoming First Resort in Quebec

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 10, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

Over time, euthanasia practice becomes a banal bureaucratic matter of checking the right boxes or finding ways to maneuver around the “protective guidelines.” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 8, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, assisted suicide, babies, Belgium, bioethicis, Canada, children, doctors, euthanasia, Hospital for Sick Children, Journal of Medical Ethics, killing, MAiD, medical aid in dying, Netherlands, Ontario, parental consent, Toronto}

Canadian Doctors Get Ready for Child Euthanasia

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 8, 2018

Bioethics

7}

Some doctors at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto have already volunteered to euthanize children once that lethal act becomes legal. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 11, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, assisted suicide, Compassion & Choices, death, Department of Health and Human Services, euthanasia, Hemlock Society, life, medical aid in dying, medicine, nurses, patients, pharmacists, physicians, Vermont}

Assisted-Suicide Pushers Want Forced MD Participation

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 11, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

Sometimes they show their true hands. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 7, 2016

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __tedited, culture of death, euthanasia, freedom of conscience, legislation, medical aid in dying, palliative care, tyranny}

Euthanasia Tyranny in Canada

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 7, 2016

Bioethics, Medicine

2}

Quebec's Health Minister is in the process of forcing dissenters within the medical profession to kill. Read More ›