Tag: medical assistance in dying

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 4, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Tagged
, Andrew Coyne, assassins, assisted suicide, California, Canada, Donald Trump, euphemisms, Hippocrates, Illinois, Illinois Legislature, illnesses, jurisdictions, medical assistance in dying, New York State, Oregon, Ryan Routh, Vermont, Woody Allen}

United States Is Becoming a Suicide Nation

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 4, 2025

Bioethics, Ethics

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We are well on the way now to becoming more like Canada, where we have seen how the euthanasia virus leads to terrible abuses. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 25, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, assisted suicide, California, Canada, climate change, economy, firearms, government, medical assistance in dying, pesticides, public health, Racism, Second Amendment, smoking, Sudafed, suicide}

For Suicide, Disguised “Public Health” Policies Aren’t the Solution

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 25, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

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The authors even suggest regulations controlling the manufacture of ceiling fans because some people have used the mechanisms to hang themselves. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 13, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, assisted dying, assisted suicide, Canada, Canadians, chronic illnesses, disabilities, euthanasia, homicide, lethal injection, MAiD, medical assistance in dying}

Euthanasia Is Fifth-Leading Cause of Death in Canada

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 13, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

2}

Good grief, our closest cultural cousins are jumping into the abyss with a smile on their collective face. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 29, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abandonment, Canada, compassion, disability, doctors, euthanasia, health care, housing, MAiD, medical assistance in dying, medicine, nurse practitioners, Ontario, PTSD, quadriplegia, veterans}

Canadian Disabled Woman Opts for Euthanasia Because She Can’t Get Timely Assistance

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 29, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

I am hearing about this kind of abandonment much more often since Canada loosened its euthanasia eligibility requirements. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 14, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abandonment, assisted suicide, Canada, euthanasia, experts, health care, homelessness, housing, Journal of Medical Ethics, laws, MAiD, medical assistance in dying, popular culture, poverty, regulations, suffering, The British Medical Journal, United States}

Bioethicists: Killing Okay for “Unjust Social Conditions”

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 14, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

5}

I can’t imagine this being true ten years ago before euthanasia became legal. Euthanasia mutates a society’s soul. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 11, 2022

Categories
Medicine
Science
Tagged
, abandonment, assisted suicide, Canada, COVID-19, Daily Mail, death, Death with Dignity, doctor, homelessness, lethal injection, lockdown, MAiD, media, medical assistance in dying, poverty, PTSD}

Bioethics: In Canada, Medically Assisted Death Is a Solution for Poverty

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 11, 2022

Medicine, Science

3}

In the U.S., too, many assisted suicides are facilitated by doctors who have not treated the patient. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 17, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, assisted suicide, Belgium, Canada, coronavirus, euthanasia, Germany, Groningen protocol, human experimentation, infanticide, Jack Kevorkian, MAiD, medical assistance in dying, Netherlands, organ donation, pediatricians, quadriplegia, utilitarianism}

The Jack Kevorkian Plague

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 17, 2020

Bioethics, Medicine

9}

The pathogen I mean is a cultural pandemic, the embrace of doctor-prescribed suicide and of administered homicide. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 25, 2020

Categories
Ethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, assisted suicide, Big Government, British Columbia, Canada, caring, conscientious objection, Delta Hospice Society, dementia, doctors, euthanasia, freedom of conscience, hospice, killing, MAiD, medical assistance in dying, nursing homes, organ harvesting, patients, Quebec, religious beliefs, socialism, socialized medicine, United States}

Pressuring a Hospice to Kill

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 25, 2020

Ethics, Medicine

8}

Canada is our closest cultural cousin: We had better be careful, or the same thing could happen here. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 14, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Canada, children, disabilities, euthanasia, fear, homicide, hospital, illnesses, lethal injection, MAiD, medical assistance in dying, nurse practitioners, Ontario, pain, palliative care, patients, physicians, self-starvation, suffering}

Eliminating the Sufferer: In Canada, Hospital Waiting Room Promotes Euthanasia

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 14, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

Euthanasia corrupts everything it touches. That includes the healthcare system and a society’s perception of the value of people with serious disabilities and illnesses. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 27, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, British Columbia, Canada, dehydration, diabetes, doctor, elderly, euthanasia, insulin, MAiD, medical assistance in dying, mentally ill, Oregon, patients, starvation, voluntary stop eating and drinking, VSED}

Qualifying for Euthanasia by Self-Starvation in Canada

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 27, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

Canada has embraced a positive “right to die.” Here is what happens once that Rubicon is crossed. Read More ›