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A Physician’s Sacred Duty — To Care or to Kill?

As a hospice and palliative care physician for over twenty years, Dr. Howard Glicksman regularly cares for terminally ill patients. Read More ›
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“Thank You for Waiting. The Doctor Will Kill You Now…”

Canada has some of the most permissive euthanasia laws in the world and allows people with disabilities to be killed on request. Read More ›
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Now Another State Wants Non–Physician-Assisted Suicide

Hot on the heels of Washington State, it’s Hawaii. A bill has been filed to allow nurse practitioners to lethally prescribe. Read More ›
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Colorado Doctor Fired after Suing Catholic Hospital over Assisted Suicide

The ACLU has already sued several Catholic hospitals over the last few years seeking to force them to violate church doctrine. Read More ›
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David Brooks Forgets to Oppose Some Suicides

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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Mad World: Pain Doctors Face Greater Scrutiny Than Death Doctors

Our society often sacrifices law-abiding and productive people to protect the dysfunctional from themselves. Read More ›

Weikart: “History and the Euthanasia Problem”

It’s not possible to understand current controversies about physician-assisted suicide, euthanasia, eugenics, and related subjects without appreciating the long history behind these ideas. Read More ›

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